Recent Scientific Developments in Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for Batteries and Supercapacitors

Dear Colleagues,

In order to meet the growing demand for energy storage and conversion, there is a dire need to enhance the energy and power density of electrochemical energy storage devices. Porous carbon is a promising anode material, as it possesses the advantages of low cost, high efficiency, long lifetime, and multifunctionality. By constructing a three-dimensional hierarchical structure of porous carbon electrode, the transport process of ions can be optimized to achieve satisfied magnification performance. Moreover, porous carbon can also be employed as effective carriers to receive diverse guest components in multi-active sites, thereby allowing for the full utilization of high specific capacity of active substances; additionally, the stabilizing effect of carbon-based materials help to obtain a negative electrode material endowed with both high capacity and stability.

This Special Issue of Nanomaterials invites submissions of research papers and review articles that address the application of novel carbon materials in advanced energy storage technologies including, but not limited to, lithium/sodium/potassium/zinc/calcium ion battery, lithium-sulfur battery, zinc-iodine battery, aqueous supercapacitors, organic supercapacitors and solid electrolyte supercapacitor.

Dr. Jingwen Sun
Guest Editor

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• novel carbon materials
• ion battery
• lithium-sulfur battery
• supercapacitors
• nanomaterials