Manufacturing and Characterization of Metallic Electrode Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Global energy shortage issues are becoming more and more prominent, with stronger requirements for the development of new energy storage devices and technologies. Such devices and technologies have seen vigorous development in recent years, particularly those based on metallic electrode materials, including Li/Na/K/Mg/Ca/Zn/Al metal batteries, metal-air batteries, secondary batteries, solar energy storage, catalytic hydrogen production, and so on. Some advanced materials exhibit excellent electrochemical properties, such as high energy density, large capacity, long life cycle, and even good safety.

However, from an industrial perspective, the position of lithium-ion batteries in the field of chemical energy storage cannot be replaced in the short term. Currently, metallic electrode materials still have certain defects, especially in large-scale manufacturing. In order to meet the energy storage demand, novel high-performance metallic electrode material systems should be explored, and the preparation methods should be improved, while large-scale production processing of next-generation chemical energy storage devices should be developed. In addition, advanced characterization methods are continuinmg to emerge, providing basic data support for the regulation of structure and properties of metallic electrode materials.

In this Special Issue, original research articles/reviews/case reports/communications/perspectives/viewpoints reporting innovative content on the topic are welcome, to promote further research activities in this field and accelerate the industrialization of high-performance metallic electrode materials.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Que Huang
Guest Editor

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