Special Issue "Circular Economy in Energy Storage Materials"

A special issue of Sustainable Chemistry (ISSN 2673-4079).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo
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Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia
Interests: applied electrochemistry; energy storage; metal air batteries; ionic liquid electrolytes; metal recovery

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

The main scope of this Special Issue is the three main pillars of circular economy: redesign, repurpose and recovery in the area of energy storage materials—in general, strategies to extend materials’ lifetime before they reach the end of life but also considering resources sustainability. Energy storage materials will include current and well established technologies, but also emerging and new technologies.

One possible focus will be the design of electrodes and electrolytes which are of paramount importance in order to enhance the lifetime of a battery and battery safety during operation and during transportation, but also aiming to reduce the use of critical raw materials. The issue will also include papers focusing on battery repurposing and studies to understand lifetime prediction and state of health. Research work focusing on the recovery of key materials following the circular economy model, as well as providing greener approaches to current recovery methodologies by reducing or eliminating waste hazard will also be covered in this Special Issue.

Dr. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainable Chemistry is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Circular economy
  • Energy storage
  • Sustainability
  • Recovery
  • Redesign
  • Repurpose
  • Solid and liquid electrolytes
  • Electrode
  • Safety
  • Nonvolatile and nonflammable solvents
  • Ionic liquids
  • Battery

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A Review on Battery Market Trends, Second-Life Reuse, and Recycling
Sustain. Chem. 2021, 2(1), 167-205; https://doi.org/10.3390/suschem2010011 - 09 Mar 2021
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The rapid growth, demand, and production of batteries to meet various emerging applications, such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems, will result in waste and disposal problems in the next few years as these batteries reach end-of-life. Battery reuse and recycling are [...] Read more.
The rapid growth, demand, and production of batteries to meet various emerging applications, such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems, will result in waste and disposal problems in the next few years as these batteries reach end-of-life. Battery reuse and recycling are becoming urgent worldwide priorities to protect the environment and address the increasing need for critical metals. As a review article, this paper reveals the current global battery market and global battery waste status from which the main battery chemistry types and their management, including reuse and recycling status, are discussed. This review then presents details of the challenges, opportunities, and arguments on battery second-life and recycling. The recent research and industrial activities in the battery reuse domain are summarized to provide a landscape picture and valuable insight into battery reuse and recycling for industries, scientific research, and waste management. Full article
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Planned Papers

The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

Title: Perspective on Sustainable Approaches to the Recovery of Neodymium Metal

Authors: Dr. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo and Dr. Kalani Periyapperuma

Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia

Author: Dr. Douglas R. MacFarlane

Affiliation: School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Author: Dr. David Mecerreyes and Dr. Nicolas Goujon

Affiliation: Polymat, Institute for Polymer Materials, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Joxe Mari Korta Center, Avda. Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia−San Sebastian, Spain

Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217, Australia

Title: Recycling and repurposing metal containing waste materials for energy related electrocatalytic reactions

Author: Dr. Anthony P. O’Mullane

Affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia

Author: Dr. Xiaoen Wang

Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3217 Australia

Title: A Review on Battery Market Trends, Second Life Reuse and Recycling

Author: Dr. Tony Hollenkamp and Dr. Anand I. Bhatt

Affiliation: CSIRO Energy Technology, Bayview Avenue, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Title: Reconditioning of Recycled Graphite from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries to Manufacture New Anode Electrodes

Author: Iratxe de Meatza

Affiliation: CIDETEC, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), P Miramón 196, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

 

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