Best Paper Award

The Batteries Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose five articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal during the previous year and announce them online by the end of May in the following year.

The prizes include the following:
– The first prize (one paper): CHF 500;
– The second prize (two papers): CHF 200;
– The third prize (two papers): CHF 100.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate and a chance to publish a paper (review or research article) free of charge in Batteries in 2025 after peer review.

 
Batteries Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 31 May 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in the Batteries in 2023 will be eligible (including both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

13 pages, 7869 KiB  
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 - 16 Jun 2022
17 pages, 5776 KiB  
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 - 31 Oct 2022
16 pages, 5384 KiB  
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 - 31 Jan 2022
25 pages, 5184 KiB  
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 - 21 Sep 2022
28 pages, 4239 KiB  
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 - 20 Nov 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Andreas Jossen Chairman
Technical University of Munich
Prof. Dr. Seung-Wan Song
Chungnam National University
Prof. Dr. Xianzhong Sun
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Dr. Jun Yan
Harbin Engineering University

Winner

15 pages, 2060 KiB  
Article
Life Cycle Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Automotive Applications
by Qiang Dai, Jarod C. Kelly, Linda Gaines and Michael Wang
Batteries 2019, 5(2), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5020048 - 1 Jun 2019
11 pages, 9969 KiB  
Article
Design Strategies for High Power vs. High Energy Lithium Ion Cells
by Michael J. Lain, James Brandon and Emma Kendrick
Batteries 2019, 5(4), 64; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5040064 - 5 Oct 2019
39 pages, 8115 KiB  
Review
Pre-Lithiation Strategies for Rechargeable Energy Storage Technologies: Concepts, Promises and Challenges
by Florian Holtstiege, Peer Bärmann, Roman Nölle, Martin Winter and Tobias Placke
Batteries 2018, 4(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries4010004 - 23 Jan 2018
33 pages, 3465 KiB  
Review
A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective
by Omar Velázquez-Martínez, Johanna Valio, Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Markus Reuter and Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero
Batteries 2019, 5(4), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5040068 - 5 Nov 2019
24 pages, 7105 KiB  
Review
Critical Review of the Use of Reference Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries: A Diagnostic Perspective
by Rinaldo Raccichini, Marco Amores and Gareth Hinds
Batteries 2019, 5(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5010012 - 18 Jan 2019

Award Committee

Prof. Andreas Jossen Chairman
Technical University of Munich
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