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Mesoporous Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 758

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Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Interests: Na/Zn ion batteries; supercapacitors; nanogenerators; nanomaterials

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School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Interests: energy conversion materials; thermoelectrics; CO2 utilization; polyethylene; catalyst support

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Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, increasing environmental problems and energy challenges have lead to urgent demand for developing green, efficient and sustainable sources of energy, as well as new technologies associated with energy conversion and storage systems. Mesoporous materials have attracted widespread attention in the fields of lithium/sodium ion batteries, aqueous Zn ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors and electrocatalysts, etc. Mesoporous materials can provide a large surface area to boost electrochemical reactions at the interface, facilitating electron/ion transport and electrolyte diffusion. I invite you to submit manuscripts on topics including (but not limited to) the following:

  1. Mesoporous materials for Li/Na ion batteries.
  2. Mesoporous materials for aqueous Zn ion batteries.
  3. Mesoporous materials for supercapacitors.
  4. Mesoporous materials for fuel cells.
  5. Mesoporous materials for electrocatalysts.
  6. Understanding of the relationship between cell performance and the mesoporous structure.

Dr. Shuge Dai
Prof. Dr. Cunyue Guo
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • mesoporous materials
  • energy storage
  • electrocatalyst
  • water splitting

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Sodiophilic Ag-diamane-Modulated Polypropylene Separators for High-Performance Sodium Metal Anodes
by Gang Zhi, Zhanwei Hu, Zhuangfei Zhang, Hui Wang, Dezhi Kong, Guozhong Xing, Dandan Wang, Zhihong Mai, Tingting Xu, Xinjian Li and Ye Wang
Molecules 2025, 30(10), 2092; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30102092 - 8 May 2025
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Sodium metal is a promising anode material for sodium metal batteries (SMBs) due to its high theoretical specific capacity and low electrochemical potential. However, its practical implementation is severely limited by dendrite formation, which causes short circuits and safety issues. Here, we introduce [...] Read more.
Sodium metal is a promising anode material for sodium metal batteries (SMBs) due to its high theoretical specific capacity and low electrochemical potential. However, its practical implementation is severely limited by dendrite formation, which causes short circuits and safety issues. Here, we introduce a separator modification strategy using Ag nanoparticles decorated with two-dimensional diamane on a commercial polypropylene (PP) substrate (Ag-diamane/PP) to enhance the performance of sodium metal anodes (SMAs). The synergistic effect between the sodiophilic Ag nanoparticles and the diamane network not only accelerates Na⁺ transport through the modified separator but also reduces interfacial resistance. This dendrite-suppression effect was systematically validated using in situ optical microscopy and ex situ scanning electron microscopy. Symmetric Na||Na cells incorporating the Ag-diamane/PP separator exhibit exceptional cycling stability, maintaining more than 3800 h of operation at 2 mA cm−2 with a capacity of 1 mAh cm−2. Furthermore, a full-cell configuration with a Na3V2(PO4)3@C cathode, Ag-diamane/PP separator, and Na metal anode delivers a high reversible capacity of 94.35 mAh g−1 and stable cycling for 270 cycles. This work highlights the Ag-diamane/PP separator as a promising solution for advancing dendrite-free SMBs with long-term cycling stability and high energy density. Full article
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