Advanced Energy Storage Techniques towards Sustainable Transportation

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting your contributions to a Special Issue of Sustainability with the theme of “Advanced Energy Storage Techniques towards Sustainable Transportation”.

In face of the stringent government mandates and customer demand for a low-carbon society, the automotive industries are on the verge of a major transformation to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels that have a finite life expectancy. In such an energy innovation, the concept of sustainable transportation rooted in electrification has been brought to the forefront and leads to a cleaner utilization of energy, witnessed by the proactive penetration of the more-electric and all-electric vehicles, vessels and aircrafts. In this regard, technical merits in energy storage systems (ESSs), such as batteries and super/ultra-capacitors are critical for the success of transportation electrification and to foster the utilization of renewable energy sources.

The way to sustainable transportation also brings forward many challenges. This special issue seeks innovative ideas from academia and industry with good potentials to increase the sustainability of transportation systems. Special emphases are given to the design, modeling, management, control, and safety enhancement of ESSs, such as batteries, super/ultra-capacitors and fuel cells applied in transportation systems. We invite papers on technical developments, reviews, communications, and case studies that provide critical overview and reflect the cutting-edge progress in this field.

Topics of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Energy storage technologies

• Energy efficient transit planning and operations

• Sustainable vehicle routing and scheduling

• Control-oriented modeling

• Management and control of ESS

• Safety issues in ESS and solutions

• Diagnostic and health management of ESS

• Smart charging, wireless charging for electric-vehicles

• Integration of IoT into E-transportation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rui  Xiong
Dr. Zhongbao  Wei
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weixiang  Shen
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Electrical vehicles; 

• Energy storage system;

• Batteries;

• Management and control; 

• Safety; 

• Charging; 

• Diagnostic; 

• E-transportation;