Applications of Metal Composites in Batteries

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Dear Colleagues,

Energy storage solutions are crucial in coping with the growing global energy hunger generated by anthropogenic environmental changes and the demand for Big Data and Internet of Things. Hence, the need for higher performance supercapacitors and batteries required to store solar or wind energy is evolving. A high energy density is imperative, availed by high-performance electrode materials in batteries. By improving charge storage in embedded ions, nanostructured metal composites, including metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal organic frameworks, metal sulphides, and metal oxides, have triggered tremendous advancements in the electrode performance of supercapacitors and batteries. While the various classes of metal composites offer significant advantages in porosity, multifunctionality, and structural and chemical tunability, their respective technological bottlenecks may inhibit their practical application as suitable electrode materials for specific battery applications. More intensive research is, therefore, required to develop effective strategies for the various metal composites in battery technology. For this reason, we invite scientists, university researchers, and industry professionals to contribute to this Special Issue on “Applications of Metal Composites in Batteries” to galvanize a multidisciplinary framework tackling the science, technology, and the application of metal composites in batteries. Potential topics of interest may include but are not limited to the following:

• Materials design;
• Science and technology;
• Materials characterization;
• Structural defects and their control;
• Fabrication and processing;
• Modelling and simulations.

Prof. Dr. Kuan Chee
Prof. Dr. Kuan-Wei Lee
Dr. Anand Paul
Prof. Dr. Chien-Jung Huang
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Batteries batteries	4.6	4.0	2015	19.7 Days	CHF 2700
Compounds compounds	-	2.3	2021	32.5 Days	CHF 1000
Materials materials	3.1	5.8	2008	13.9 Days	CHF 2600
Metals metals	2.6	4.9	2011	17.8 Days	CHF 2600
Nanomaterials nanomaterials	4.4	8.5	2010	14.1 Days	CHF 2400
Sci sci	-	4.5	2019	37.1 Days	CHF 1200

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