Development of Membranes in Battery & Membrane Based Devices

Dear Colleagues,

Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power have shown great promise to relieve the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, thereby achieving a low-carbon society. However, the intermittent nature of renewables has caused unpredictable matching between electricity supply and demand, leading to unstable and inconsistent power delivery. Thus, energy storage technologies particularly battery technologies are needed to address the challenges towards integrating renewable energy into the power grid. The membrane is one of the main components of batteries, which not only affects the whole cyclability performance but also determines the economic viability of the system. Additionally, the increasing customer demands for environmentally friendly membrane products has prompted scientists to search for facile, low cost and green routes production of novel membrane based devices.

This vision has prompted intensive research into the development of novel and cost effective membranes that combine both performance and cost benefits in batteries and other membrane based devices. Numerous efforts have been made to develop various types of membranes, including introducing functional groups and non-ionic porous membranes. This Special Issue therefore seeks contributions from all research groups and companies that are currently engaged in the battery and membrane based products research, development and commercialization to describe the technical developments, reviews, communications, and case studies that reflect the current state of art and the cutting-edge progress of membrane for batteries and other membrane based devices.

Dr. Tuti Mariana Lim
Prof. Dr. Maria Skyllas-Kazacos
Prof. Dr. I.G. Wenten
Guest Editors

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