Advanced Nanomaterials for High-Performance Lithium Batteries
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 126
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy chemistry and chemical engineering; comprehensive utilization of mineral resources; environmental chemistry
Interests: design, synthesis, and characterization of new materials for batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, lithium–sulfur batteries, and metal–air batteries
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New energy technologies play an important role in realizing an energy future compatible with the sustainable development of human society. Lithium batteries are believed to be an advanced technology enabling the ongoing transition from traditional fossil energy to renewable energy. Since the first commercial Li-ion batteries were developed by researchers at Sony Energytech in the late 1980s, a variety of efforts have been devoted to developing materials with high performance for lithium batteries. Using nanostructured and nanosized materials presents new avenues in rechargeable lithium batteries for an exceptionally high rate of charge and discharge, excellent energy density, and extended cyclability. Comprehensive understanding on the unusual features of the charge transport and storage behaviors of materials at the nanoscale may lead to advanced lithium-based energy storage devices. In addition, technologies for the recovery of critical materials from spent lithium batteries are also important aspects for the sustainable development of human society concerning environmental conservation and resource reuse.
For this present Special Issue entitled “Advanced Nanomaterials for High-Performance Lithium Batteries”, we encourage both academic and industrial researchers to present recent advances in all aspects of nanomaterial-based lithium batteries, especially in novel design and preparation strategies of nanomaterials for lithium batteries regarding electronic structure modification and morphology regulation based on theoretical calculations or experimental studies or their combinations, advanced characterizing techniques as well as studies on the mechanisms of energy storage process, etc. In this Special Issue, full papers, short communications and review articles are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Design of novel high-performance electrode materials;
- Tailored synthesis strategies of electrode materials;
- Machine-learning-driven materials discovery and optimization for lithium batteries;
- Advanced characterization techniques;
- Energy storage mechanisms underpinning lithium batteries;
- Computational modeling and theoretical calculations;
- Recycling technologies of spent electrode materials in lithium batteries.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Ying Zeng
Prof. Dr. Jiazhao Wang
Prof. Dr. Chaozhu Shu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Li-ion batteries
- post-lithium-ion-battery systems (Li-sulfur/oxygen/organic batteries)
- electrode materials
- advanced characterizations
- computational design and modeling
- new architectures
- lithium recovery
