Announcements

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Batteries 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January to 31 December 2022 in Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation by the Award Committee from the Editorial Board, based on the originality and significance of the papers, citations and downloads, five winners were selected.

First Prize: 500 CHF and a paper published for free in Batteries

Article:
“Revisiting Polytetrafluorethylene Binder for Solvent-Free Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Fabrication”
by Yang Zhang, Frederik Huld, Song Lu, Camilla Jektvik, Fengliu Lou and Zhixin Yu
Batteries 2022, 8(6), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8060057
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/6/57

Second Prize: 200 CHF and a paper published for free in Batteries

Article:
“Study on Thermal Runaway Behavior of Li-Ion Batteries Using Different Abuse Methods”
by Dan Wei, Mengqi Zhang, Linpei Zhu, Hu Chen, Wensheng Huang, Jian Yao, Zhuchen Yuan, Chengshan Xu and Xuning Feng
Batteries 2022, 8(11), 201; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8110201
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/11/201

Review:
“A Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Failure Hazards: Test Standards, Accident Analysis, and Safety Suggestions”
by Xin Lai, Jian Yao, Changyong Jin, Xuning Feng, Huaibin Wang, Chengshan Xu and Yuejiu Zheng
Batteries 2022, 8(11), 248; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8110248
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/11/248

Third Prize: 100 CHF and a paper published for free in Batteries

Article:
”The Impact of an Overlaid Ripple Current on Battery Aging: The Development of the SiCWell Dataset”
by Erik Goldammer, Marius Gentejohann, Michael Schlüter, Daniel Weber, Wolfgang Wondrak, Sibylle Dieckerhoff, Clemens Gühmann and Julia Kowal
Batteries 2022, 8(2), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8020011  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/2/11

Review:
“Recent Development in Carbon-LiFePO4 Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Mini Review”
by Brindha Ramasubramanian, Subramanian Sundarrajan, Vijila Chellappan, M. V. Reddy, Seeram Ramakrishna and Karim Zaghib
Batteries 2022, 8(10), 133; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8100133
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/10/133

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Batteries 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support.

Batteries Editorial Office