Circular Battery Technologies
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 October 2022) | Viewed by 131740
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Interests: batteries; recycling; supercritical fluid; pyrometallurgy; PV recycling
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Interests: batteries; recycling; solvent extraction; hydrometallurgy; industrial waste
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The supply and management of energy are at the center of our daily concerns and represent a socio-economic priority. The increasing concern on global warming enforces the states and companies to concentrate on renewable energy sources to reduce the carbon footprint of energy production/consumption. The energy storage technology is the key player in this rapid change “modern time revolution”. Battery systems should store surplus electricity from the smart grid for hours, days, and even weeks, if necessary, because electricity generation from renewable sources fluctuates with weather conditions, Likewise, the replacement of internal combustion cars by electric vehicles to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and to limit our dependence towards fossil fuels stimulate the search for energy storage devices including batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis for hydrogen production, pumped-storage power plants, etc. Thus the energy storage devices have been attracting enormous attention due to not only developments in the electronics industry, but also entering the electric vehicles to the market and the necessity of effective renewable energy applications.
Many electrochemical storage technologies have been developed since the first lead-acid battery invented in 1859 by Gaston Planté. Over the last two decades, the rapid progress in battery technologies has directly affected modern life, not only through various applications, but also with energy and carbon footprints of their production and manufacturing, from mining to end-of-life product management. Each technology finds its place depending on its applications. For instance, alkaline batteries are largely used for small home electronics because this technology is economical and safe. After the marketing of Li-ion batteries, the technology had been slowly dominated the most of battery applications from small electronics to vehicle technology and to stationary energy storage fields. Although battery technologies are mature, there are still many challenges to be faced in the development of performance, safe and sustainable technologies for dedicated applications. Increasing demand to the batteries triggered significant new problems, which are organizing sustainable raw material supply and how we will handle increasing battery waste amounts. A good balance must be found between battery performance, safety and recycling ability, as well as reliable raw material supply.
The following topics will be addressed in the Special Issue: Raw materials for battery technologies, electrolytes, electrode materials, design and development, applications (stationary batteries, electrified transportation, and smart grids), collection and regulation, secondary life and recycling.
Therefore, this Special Issue will gather, for the second time, contributions from several different communities: Electrochemistry, battery manufacturers, material science, engineering processes, extractive metallurgy, recycling, and Life Cycle Assessment.
Dr. Burcak Ebin
Dr. Martina Petranikova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Electrochemistry
- Electrode materials
- Electrolyte
- Battery design
- Battery manufacturing
- Spent battery collection
- Secondary life - reuse Extractive metallurgy
- Recycling
- Life Cycle Assessment
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