Batteries

Two-Dimensional Materials for Advanced Batteries

edited by

Seunghyun Song

,

Lei Dong

, Man Li and Xin Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2623 | Submission Open

Keywords: two-dimensional material design; interface engineering; functional mechanisms; advanced batteries; scalability and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

10th Anniversary of Batteries—Silicon Anodes for Next-Generation Batteries: Materials, Design Strategies, Performance, and Future Directions

edited by Sheng S. Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1550 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon anode; silicon suboxide; silicon–carbon composite; electrode engineering; solid-state battery; next-generation battery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Battery-Based Energy Storage Systems: Latest Results on Design, Safety and Performance

edited by

Salvatore Martelli

and

Francesco Mocera

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: Li-ion battery and systems; battery safety; battery monitoring; battery performance; battery management systems and strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Biomass-Derived Materials for Advanced Batteries and Supercapacitors

edited by

Lixia Liao

and Lingling Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; zinc-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; biomass-derived carbon; electrode/electrolyte interface; conductive hydrogel; flexible batteries; separators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

10th Anniversary of Batteries: Interface Science in Batteries

edited by

Kah Chun Lau

,

Xiangbo Meng

and

Nikhil A. Koratkar

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15359 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrified interface; electrode–electrolyte interface; metal–electrolyte interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Thermal Management in Lithium-Ion and Emerging Batteries: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Xianglin Li, Chuanbo Yang and

Prahit Dubey

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6141 | Submission Open |

Keywords: Lithium-ion batteries; rechargeable batteries; thermal management; thermal runaway; battery safety; advanced cooling systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Battery Management in Electric Vehicles: Current Status and Future Trends: 3rd Edition

edited by

Prodip K. Das

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4604 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; battery management system; state of charge; state of health; state of power; thermal management; novel sensing method; battery aging; cell and pack design; recycling and reuse; digital twins; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Advances and Challenges in Solid Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Batteries

edited by

Wen Zhu

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid state batteries; solid electrolytes; ionic conductivity; interfaces; SEI layer; dendrites; energy density; cycle life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lithium-Ion and Solid-State Batteries)

Integrated Approaches to Solid Electrolyte Development: Synthesis, Mechanics, and Data-Driven Frameworks

edited by Eric Jianfeng Cheng

submission deadline 14 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid electrolytes (SEs); solid-state ionics; solid-state batteries (SSBs); interface engineering; mechanical–electrochemical coupling; data-driven design; machine learning (ML); materials informatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Nanoporous Electrodes and Ion Transport Phenomena for Energy Storage Systems

edited by Peiyao Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical energy storage; nanoporous electrodes; ion transport; fast charging; interfacial phenomena; battery and supercapacitor materials; multiscale modelling; operando characterisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

High-Performance Supercapacitors: Preparation and Application—2nd Edition

edited by

Xin Chen

submission deadline 16 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6876 | Submission Open

Keywords: supercapacitor; flexible supercapacitor; hybrid supercapacitor; oxide; hydroxide; chalcogenide; activated carbon; carbon nanotube; graphene; MXene; quantum dot; 3D electrode; composite electrode; interface; modeling; system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supercapacitors)

Advancements in Battery Fault Modeling, Detection, Diagnosis, and Digital Twin Technologies

edited by Mo-Yuen Chow

submission deadline 16 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: battery model; battery fault detection and diagnosis; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Ceramic Electrolyte and Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries

edited by Florian Strauss

submission deadline 17 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis of battery materials; interfacial degradation mechanisms; (chemo)mechanics in rechargeable batteries; post Li-ion batteries; novel ceramic electrolyte materials; novel cathode active materials; operando analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lithium-Ion and Solid-State Batteries)

10th Anniversary of Batteries: Battery Health, Aging and Degradation Mechanisms

edited by

Pascal Venet

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12990 | Submission Open

Keywords: battery aging; degradation mechanisms; capacity loss; internal resistance; battery lifespan; performance and reliability; state of health (SoH); battery safety; electrochemical degradation; aging prediction models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Battery Manufacturing: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities: 2nd Edition

edited by

Kamil Burak Dermenci

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8044 | Submission Open

Keywords: battery manufacturing; smart manufacturing; digitalization; Industry 4.0; electrodes; electrolytes; end-of-life batteries; recycling; recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Manufacturing and Circular Economy)

Advances in Metal–Air Batteries

edited by

Zhangliu Tian

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal–air batteries; zinc–air batteries; lithium–air batteries; photo-assisted batteries; oxygen electrocatalysis; bifunctional catalysts; air electrode design; photoelectrochemistry; energy storage materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Battery Systems)

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Battery Modeling and Management for Electric Vehicles

edited by Xuan Zhou and Rongheng Li

submission deadline 21 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: battery modeling; artificial intelligence; physics-informed machine learning; state of health estimation; battery degradation; electric vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

High Energy Density Supercapacitors: Acquisition, Characterization, and Application: 2nd Edition

edited by

Carmen Lǎzǎu

and

Cornelia Bandas

submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6722 | Submission Open

Keywords: supercapacitors; electrodes; pseudocapacitive materials; carbon electrodes; rechargeable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Supercapacitors)

Key Technologies in Battery Management Systems for New Energy Vehicles

edited by

Chunling Wu

,

Heng Li

and Lei Cai

submission deadline 9 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; battery modeling; parameter identification; aging mechanisms; state estimation; lifetime prediction; state of charge; state of health; remaining useful life; intelligent equalization control; machine learning; AI-BMS Integration; fault diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Interfacial Engineering and Mechanism Elucidation for Next-Generation Metal Batteries

edited by Ban Fei and

Chaoqi Zhang

submission deadline 11 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal batteries; interfacial engineering; interfacial kinetics; electrode-electrolyte interface; solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI); cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI); dendrite suppression; mechanism elucidation; electrochemical modeling/simulation; solvation/desolvation regulation; in situ/operando characterization; cryo-TEM/ToF-SIMS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Advances in Resource-Rich (Sodium/Magnesium/Zinc) Energy Storage Batteries

edited by Jingdong Yang and Tianming Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource-rich batteries; sodium-ion batteries; magnesium batteries; zinc-based batteries; energy storage; electrode materials; electrolytes; interfacial engineering; electrochemical mechanisms; sustainable battery technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Battery Systems)

Intelligent Management and Sustainable Development of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Automotive Applications

edited by

Bin Ma

submission deadline 18 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4010 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; cloud-edge collaboration; data-driven modeling; transfer learning; large language models; second-life applications; fault diagnosis; aging suppression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Practical Issues and Future Prospects

edited by

Jinkwan Jung

and Hyunwon Chu

submission deadline 24 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: Li-S solid-state battery; sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) cathode; Li-S battery; lean electrolyte; high-loading sulfur cathode; high discharge capacity; dry-casted sulfur cathode; diagnosing the degradation of batteries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Battery Systems)

Earth-Abundant Active Materials for Li/Na-Ion Batteries: Development, Recycling and Manufacturing

edited by

Peng Zuo

and

Jihyeon Gim

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: Li-ion battery; Na-ion battery; Mn-rich cathodes; Fe-rich cathodes; Si anode; electrolyte; earth-abundant elements; new battery materials; battery materials recycling; battery scale manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Advanced Electrode Design for Metal–Air Batteries

edited by

Siyuan Zhao

and Jie Yu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal-air batteries; electrode design; dendrite suppression; metal corrosion; air cathode; oxygen reduction reaction; oxygen evolution reaction; electrocatalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Battery Systems)

AI-Powered Battery Management and Grid Integration for Smart Cities

edited by

Muhammed Cavus

and Margaret Carol Bell

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15443 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-powered battery management; machine learning; deep learning; battery SOH estimation; predictive maintenance; V2G and G2V integration; digital twins; smart grids; electric vehicle fleets; grid resilience; smart cities; sustainable energy storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Advanced Intelligent Management Technologies of New Energy Batteries

edited by Sijia Yang,

Zeyu Chen

and

Jichao Hong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4965 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion battery; fuel cells; lithium–sulfur battery; solid-state battery; flow battery; energy storage systems; electrical vehicles; battery management systems; SOX (SOC, SOH, SOP, SOE, SOS, SOT) estimation and prediction; lifetime prediction; battery safety diagnostics and prognostics; fault diagnosis; anomaly detection; artificial intelligence; physics-guided modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Energy Storage and Sustainable Circularity: Materials, Systems, and Lifecycle Approaches

edited by

Zari Tehrani

,

Barun Kumar Chakrabarti

, Serap Hayat Soytas, Alpagut Kara and Mustafa Kemal Bayazıt

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 861 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; batteries; sustainable materials; circular economy; battery recycling; long-duration energy storage; diagnostics; digital twins; battery management systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Manufacturing and Circular Economy)

Design and Optimization of Critical Materials for Lithium or Sodium Batteries

edited by Lin Fu, Xiancheng Wang and Guocheng Li

submission deadline 8 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3814 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium batteries; sodium batteries; cathodes; anodes; electrolytes; structure design; performance optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lithium-Ion and Solid-State Batteries)

Management and Strategies Toward Enhanced Performance in Aqueous Ion Batteries

edited by

Junyi Yin

submission deadline 9 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: aqueous ion batteries; electrolyte; anode modification; cathode design; AI-driven design and optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Lithium-Ion Batteries: Aging Mechanisms, Diagnosis Method and Lifetime Assessment

edited by

Silvia Colnago

and

Simone Barcellona

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 977 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion battery diagnostics; lithium-ion battery aging; state of health estimation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries and Beyond

edited by

Pavlo Ivanchenko

and

Kamil Burak Dermenci

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5898 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid polymer electrolytes; solid-state batteries; lithium batteries; ion conductivity; polymer–ceramic composites; interface engineering; electrolyte design; battery safety; beyond lithium systems; energy storage materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Overcoming Zinc Battery Challenges: Novel Strategies and Solutions

edited by

Hai Wang

and

Ruizhi Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: zinc-ion batteries; cathode materials; electrolyte; interface engineering; zinc anode

(This special issue belongs to the Section Emerging Battery Systems)

Advanced Electrode Materials and Electrolytes for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries

edited by Shaokun Chong

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8986 | Submission Open

Keywords: rechargeable batteries; sodium-ion batteries; potassium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; Li-S batteries; Li-O2 batteries; electrocatalysis; Zn/Mg-ion batteries; electrode materials; electrolyte engineering; electrochemical mechanism; electrochemical performances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Surface Coating Technology for Electrode Materials

edited by

Rui Xu

and Wenyu Liang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; electrode materials; surface coating; interfacial stability; degradation mechanisms; deposition techniques; electrode–electrolyte interface; high-voltage stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Advanced Thermal Management Strategies for High-Energy Density Batteries

edited by

Wenjie Qi

, Lei Sheng and

Ziqiang He

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-energy-density batteries; battery thermal management system (BTMS); thermal runaway; phase change materials (PCMs); thermal interface materials (TIMs); liquid cooling; fast charging thermal management; multi-physics modeling; intelligent thermal control; thermal safety; lightweight thermal design; sustainable thermal solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Next-Generation Aqueous Batteries: From Materials Innovation to Real-World Applications

edited by

Wanhai Zhou

, Dong Zhou and

Junnan Hao

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open

Keywords: aqueous batteries; redox flow batteries; energy storage mechanisms; metal anode; interface analysis; high energy density; long lifespan; full-cell device; from lab to fab

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aqueous Energy Storage Devices and Systems)

Advanced Materials and Structures in All-Solid-State Batteries

edited by

Xiang Gao

,

Chunhao Yuan

and Yikai Jia

submission deadline 29 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: all solid-state batteries; materials and structures; multiphysics; artificial intelligence; characterization and modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lithium-Ion and Solid-State Batteries)

10th Anniversary of Batteries: Advanced Characterization Techniques

edited by

Kai Yang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open

Keywords: in situ characterization; operando techniques; battery interfaces; electrochemical reactions; real-time diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Advances in Charging Systems and Charging Management Strategies for Battery Electric Vehicles

edited by

Omar Hegazy

and

Steven Wilkins

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 55721 | Submission Open

Keywords: Battery Electric Vehicles (passenger cars, electric buses, electric vans, etc.); Charging systems; Energy management strategies; Power electronics converters; V2G and G2V; Battery Aging; Battery Thermal management strategies; State of health esitmations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Advanced Interface Engineering and Material Stability in Solid-State Batteries

edited by

Sheng-Chiang Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state batteries; solid electrolytes; interface stability; lithium-metal batteries; surface engineering; materials characterization; electrochemical performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Li-Metal Batteries: Solid Polymer Electrolytes and Interface Regulation

edited by Xiaosa Xu,

Jin Li

and Guangshen Jiang

submission deadline 9 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state batteries; solid polymer electrolytes; interface regulation; solid electrolyte interphase (SEI); cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI); lithium dendrite suppression; ion transport; composite electrolytes; interfacial stability; in situ polymerization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence-Based State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries: 3rd Edition

edited by

Xin Sui

and

Remus Teodorescu

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7472 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion battery; SOH estimation; artificial intelligence; lifetime prediction; physics-informed AI; neural networks; supervised learning; unsupervised learning; self-learning; data mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Advances in High-Performance Solid-State Batteries

edited by Chunwei Dong, Huifa Shi, Guixia Lu and Jun Chen

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state batteries; solid electrolytes; interface engineering; high-voltage cathodes; scalable manufacturing; in situ characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Lithium-Ion and Solid-State Batteries)

Anionic Redox and Interfacial Stability in High-Energy Cathode Materials

edited by

Hailing Ma

,

Ahmad Umar

and Yao Tong

submission deadline 11 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: anionic redox; high-energy cathodes; cathode materials; lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; interfacial stability; electrode/electrolyte interfaces; interphase engineering; operando characterization; degradation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization)

Challenges, Progress, and Outlook of High-Performance Fuel Cells

edited by

Jie Liu

and Pu He

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13341 | Submission Open

Keywords: PEMFC/SOFC/RFC/DMFC; high performance; materials research; electrolytes; component design; electrochemical simulation and calculation; manufacturing techniques; system integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hybrid Energy Storage and Integrated Systems)

Research on Advanced Battery Technologies for Future Integrated Transportation–Energy Systems

edited by

Xiaogang Wu

,

Jiu-Yu Du

and Jinlei Sun

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2345 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation–energy integration; advanced battery technologies; electric vehicles; energy storage systems; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); battery management system (BMS); smart mobility; low-carbon transportation; renewable energy integration; battery safety and lifetime

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electric Vehicles and Mobile Energy Storage Systems)

Thermal Management System for Lithium-Ion Batteries: 3rd Edition

edited by

Jinsheng Xiao

,

Hengyun Zhang

and

Tianqi Yang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1656 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquid cooling and its hybrid forms; air cooling; phase change materials and coupled cooling; refrigeration cooling; thermal safety performance; dynamic thermal performance under operating conditions; advanced modeling techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)

Electrocrystallization in Rechargeable Batteries

edited by

Svetlozar Dimitrov Ivanov

and Mario Kurniawan

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2618 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrocrystallization; nucleation and growth; solid–electrolyte interphase; nucleation work; dendrite formation; number of nuclei

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrolyte and Interfacial Engineering)

Advanced Materials and Interface Engineering for Next-Generation Aqueous Batteries and Micro-Energy Storage

edited by Linyu Hu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: aqueous batteries; electrode materials; electrolytes; interface engineering; micro-energy storage technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aqueous Energy Storage Devices and Systems)

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