Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium/Sodium Ion Batteries
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 424
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrode; metal-ion batteries; carbon-based materials; MOF; 2D materials; solid-state electrolytes; catalysis
Interests: coordination chemistry and crystal engineering; applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives in energy conversion and storage (lithium ion batteries and their key materials; porous materials for adsorption/catalysis/luminescence)
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Interests: sodium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; lithium-sulfur batteries
Interests: metal organic frameworks; 2D materials; carbon-based materials; single-atom catalysts; electrocatalysis; DFT
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lithium and sodium-ion batteries are current and future high energy density energy storage devices. However, the traditional electrode materials face many challenges and there is a lot of scope in the improvement of the energy capacity of these batteries by working on efficient and better electrode materials. The joint efforts of researchers active in different fields, such as chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, and material sciences, can help in dramatically improving the characteristics and hence achieving high-capacity Li-ion (LIBs) and Na-ion batteries (SIBs).
Nowadays, advanced anode materials can be designed or tailored to different requirements by controlling their microstructure and electronic properties for safe, stable, and high-performance LIBs and SIBs. On the other hand, graphite (the traditional anode of LIBs) suffers from limited capacity in LIBs as well as in SIBs. Hence, several other modified anodes are being explored with/without carbon additives.
In addition, traditional materials such as lithium cobalt oxide (LCO), nickel cobalt manganese (NCM), nickel cobalt aluminium (NCA), lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP)-based cathodes suffer from similar capacity and structure-related drawbacks. New approaches to improve the electronic and morphological features of the existing electrode materials as well as new materials are constantly being developed in order to improve the efficiency of LIBs and SIBs. Furthermore, experimental and theoretical insights are being explored to understand the mechanisms governing the cathodic and anodic behaviour of these batteries.
These advanced materials are extending the frontiers of the design and development of outstanding nano and microstructures and allow significant improvements in the field of energy storage. However, all the electrode material properties (cyclability, energy density, power density, rate performance, electronic and ionic conductivity) and the (de)lithiation and (de)sodiation mechanisms should be further explored for practical application.
This special issue focuses on the development of new electrode materials, the study of their properties and features, and the different types of mechanisms involved during their practical applications.
The topics of interest concerning electrode materials for LIBs and SIBs include but are not limited to:
- Advanced Micro and Nanostructures as Electrode Materials
- MOF-based Electrodes
- MOF-derived Electrode Materials
- Experimental and Theoretical Studies Related to Intercalation and Diffusion Mechanisms
- Attenuation of Volumetric Expansion via Electronic and Morphological Enhancement
We invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue “Energy Materials: Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium/Sodium Ion Batteries.” Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Akif Zeb
Dr. Xiaoming Lin
Dr. Zeeshan Ali
Dr. Shafaq Sahar
Dr. Rashid Khan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sodium ion batteries
- lithium ion battery
- lithium sulfur battery
- low potential anode
- high voltage cathode
- cathodes, anodes
- MOF
