Self-Healing Polymers for Advanced Battery Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2026) | Viewed by 1133
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium battery solid electrolyte; solid state lithium battery; lithium battery sensing technology
Interests: polymer functional materials and devices; biobased polyester and its composite materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, self-healing polymers have demonstrated revolutionary potential in the field of key battery materials due to their unique self-repairing properties and dynamic reversible chemical bond mechanisms. This Special Issue focuses on the design strategies, performance characterization, and engineering application breakthroughs of self-healing polymers in batteries. The key areas of interest include (but are not limited to): (1) molecular structure design of self-healing materials for electrode/electrolyte interfaces, (2) development of self-healing binders and solid-state electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and (3) integration applications in lithium metal anodes, silicon-based electrodes, and flexible batteries.
This Special Issue aims to systematically elucidate the core contributions of self-healing polymers in enhancing battery safety, cycle life, and energy density. We sincerely invite experts from both academia and industry to submit original research articles, reviews, and forward-looking opinion papers to jointly advance this interdisciplinary field from mechanistic exploration to commercial application.
Dr. Xiaoli Peng
Dr. Xiaoran Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- self-healing polymers
- battery materials
- electrode/electrolyte interfaces
- polymer binder
- solid-state electrolyte
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