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New Energy Storage Materials for Rechargeable Batteries

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 5048

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Prof. Dr. Jinkui Feng

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Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
Interests: batteries; nanomaterials; safety
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Dear Colleagues,

Rechargeable batteries (Li /Na/K/Zn/H et al.) are the most important power sources for electronics, electric vehicles, and other energy storage systems. With the advancements in 5G, electric vehicles, and clean energy such as wind and solar energy, rechargeable batteries with a high energy capacity, high safety level, long cycling life, low cost, green characteristics, and abundant resources are in demand. The performance of batteries is dominated by the electroactive materials. Therefore, emerging solutions and breakthroughs on new energy materials are required. There has also been a growing research trend towards new energy materials for all types of ion battery, such as MXene, covalent–organic frameworks, metal–organic frameworks, liquid metals, biomaterials, solid state electrolytes, and so on.

This Special Issue is proposed to provide and share recent research and developments on new energy storage materials for rechargeable batteries, including lithium ion batteries, sodium ion batteries, potassium ion batteries, calcium ion batteries, and zinc ion batteries, along with other rechargeable batteries, as well as on their synthesis, characterization, properties, and simulations. The contributions in this Special Issue will be of great interest to researchers working in the field of energy storage materials and batteries. Therefore, we welcome research works from scientists, engineers, and industries in these fields.

The Special Issue will cover, but will not be limited to, the following topics:

  • 2D materials for rechargeable batteries (MXene, C3N4, Graphene et al);
  • Covalent–organic frameworks for rechargeable batteries;
  • Liquid metals for rechargeable batteries;
  • Biomaterials for rechargeable batteries;
  • Solid state electrolytes for rechargeable batteries;
  • Metal–organic framework for rechargeable batteries;
  • Materials’ design, synthesis, and characteristics;
  • New rechargeable battery systems;
  • Other new energy storage materials for rechargeable batteries.

Prof. Dr. Jinkui Feng
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Lithium ion battery
  • Sodium ion battery
  • Potassium ion battery
  • Zn ion battery
  • 2D materials
  • Covalent–organic framework
  • Liquid metals
  • Biomaterials
  • Solid state electrolytes
  • Other new energy storage materials

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Effect of Calcination Temperature on the Physicochemical Properties and Electrochemical Performance of FeVO4 as an Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
by Faizan Ghani, Kunsik An and Dongjin Lee
Materials 2023, 16(2), 565; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16020565 - 06 Jan 2023
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Several electrode materials have been developed to provide high energy density and a long calendar life at a low cost for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Iron (III) vanadate (FeVO4), a semiconductor material that follows insertion/extraction chemistry with a redox reaction and provides [...] Read more.
Several electrode materials have been developed to provide high energy density and a long calendar life at a low cost for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Iron (III) vanadate (FeVO4), a semiconductor material that follows insertion/extraction chemistry with a redox reaction and provides high theoretical capacity, is an auspicious choice of anode material for LIBs. The correlation is investigated between calcination temperatures, morphology, particle size, physicochemical properties, and their effect on the electrochemical performance of FeVO4 under different binders. The crystallite size, particle size, and tap density increase while the specific surface area (SBET) decreases upon increasing the calcination temperature (500 °C, 600 °C, and 700 °C). The specific capacities are reduced by increasing the calcination temperature and particle size. Furthermore, FeVO4 fabricated with different binders (35 wt.% PAA and 5 wt.% PVDF) and their electrochemical performance for LIBs was explored regarding the effectiveness of the PAA binder. FV500 (PAA and PVDF) initially delivered higher discharge/charge capacities of 1046.23/771.692 mAhg−1 and 1051.21/661.849 mAhg−1 compared to FV600 and FV700 at the current densities of 100 mAg−1, respectively. The intrinsic defects and presence of oxygen vacancy along with high surface area and smaller particle sizes efficiently enhanced the ionic and electronic conductivities and delivered high discharge/charge capacities for FeVO4 as an anode for LIBs. Full article
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Thermochemical Study of CH3NH3Pb(Cl1−xBrx)3 Solid Solutions
by Maxim Mazurin, Angelika Shelestova, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Vladimir Sereda, Ivan Ivanov, Dmitry Malyshkin and Andrey Zuev
Materials 2022, 15(21), 7675; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217675 - 01 Nov 2022
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Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite halides, and, in particular, their mixed halide solid solutions, belong to a broad class of materials which appear promising for a wide range of potential applications in various optoelectronic devices. However, these materials are notorious for their stability issues, including [...] Read more.
Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite halides, and, in particular, their mixed halide solid solutions, belong to a broad class of materials which appear promising for a wide range of potential applications in various optoelectronic devices. However, these materials are notorious for their stability issues, including their sensitivity to atmospheric oxygen and moisture as well as phase separation under illumination. The thermodynamic properties, such as enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy of mixing, of perovskite halide solid solutions are strongly required to shed some light on their stability. Herein, we report the results of an experimental thermochemical study of the CH3NH3Pb(Cl1−xBrx)3 mixed halides by solution calorimetry. Combining these results with molecular dynamics simulation revealed the complex and irregular shape of the compositional dependence of the mixing enthalpy to be the result of a complex interplay between the local lattice strain, hydrogen bonds, and energetics of these solid solutions. Full article
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Quasi-Solid-State Polymer Electrolyte Based on Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile/Polysilsesquioxane Composite Nanofiber Membrane for High-Performance Lithium Batteries
by Caiyuan Liu, Jiemei Hu, Yanan Zhu, Yonggang Yang, Yi Li and Qi-Hui Wu
Materials 2022, 15(21), 7527; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217527 - 27 Oct 2022
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Considering the safety problem that is caused by liquid electrolytes and Li dendrites for lithium batteries, a new quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte technology is presented in this work. A layer of 1,4-phenylene bridged polysilsesquioxane (PSiO) is synthesized by a sol-gel way and coated on [...] Read more.
Considering the safety problem that is caused by liquid electrolytes and Li dendrites for lithium batteries, a new quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte technology is presented in this work. A layer of 1,4-phenylene bridged polysilsesquioxane (PSiO) is synthesized by a sol-gel way and coated on the electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofiber to prepare a PAN@PSiO nanofiber composite membrane, which is then used as a quasi-solid-state electrolyte scaffold as well as separator for lithium batteries (LBs). This composite membrane, consisting of the three-dimensional network architecture of the PAN nanofiber matrix and a mesoporous PSiO coating layer, exhibited a high electrolyte intake level (297 wt%) and excellent mechanical properties. The electrochemical analysis results indicate that the ionic conductivity of the PAN@PSiO-based quasi-solid-state electrolyte membrane is 1.58 × 10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature and the electrochemical stability window reaches 4.8 V. The optimization of the electrode and the composite membrane interface leads the LiFePO4|PAN@PSiO|Li full cell to show superior cycling (capacity of 137.6 mAh g−1 at 0.2 C after 160 cycles) and excellent rate performances. Full article
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