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Batteries, Volume 10, Issue 5

May 2024 - 25 articles

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Cover Story: Solid-state batteries, with high energy density, safety, and stability, are considered the next generation of energy storage technology. Sodium-based systems, in particular, benefit from sodium’s low cost, abundance, and sustainability. However, low ionic conductivity and high interfacial resistance prevent their adoption. This study explores polyvinyl-based polymers as wetting agents for NASICON-type NZSP solid electrolyte. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was performed on symmetric cells, demonstrating a significant reduction in interfacial resistance using poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc)-based glue, achieving an impressive ionic conductivity of 1.31 mS cm−1 at room temperature, and reaching 7.36 mS cm−1 at 90 ºC. These findings highlight the potential of PVAc-based polymers in enabling high-performance sodium-ion solid-state batteries. View this paper

Articles (25)

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,597 Views
51 Pages

Modern research has made the search for high-performance, sustainable, and efficient energy storage technologies a main focus, especially in light of the growing environmental and energy-demanding issues. This review paper focuses on the pivotal role...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,577 Views
27 Pages

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) quantifies the environmental impacts during the life of a product from cradle to grave. It evaluates energy use, material flow, and emissions at each stage of life. This report addresses the challenges and potential solu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,182 Views
19 Pages

Metallic zinc (Zn) presents a compelling alternative to conventional electrochemical energy storage systems due to its environmentally friendly nature, abundant availability, high water compatibility, low toxicity, low electrochemical potential (&min...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,354 Views
13 Pages

The potential of metallic lithium to become the anode material for next-generation batteries is hampered by significant challenges, chief among which is dendrite growth during battery charging. These dendritic structures not only impair battery perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,871 Views
14 Pages

The state of health is a crucial state that suggests the capacity of lithium-ion batteries to store and restitute energy at a certain power level, which should be carefully monitored in the battery management system. However, the state of health of b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,658 Views
10 Pages

The present article introduces a strategy for controlling oxidation and reduction reactions within polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) networks as a means of enhancing storage capacity through the complexation of dissociated lithium cations with multi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,887 Views
23 Pages

Understanding the Economics of Aged Traction Batteries: Market Value and Dynamics

  • Merlin Frank,
  • Sebastian Preussner,
  • Natalia Soldan Cattani,
  • Moritz Frieges,
  • Heiner Hans Heimes and
  • Achim Kampker

The growing demand and market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) have led to an expansion in the size of the market for used EVs, accompanied by a continuous increase in the return rate of aging battery systems. Consequently, a second-hand market...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,360 Views
39 Pages

Empowering Electric Vehicles Batteries: A Comprehensive Look at the Application and Challenges of Second-Life Batteries

  • Seyedreza Azizighalehsari,
  • Prasanth Venugopal,
  • Deepak Pratap Singh,
  • Thiago Batista Soeiro and
  • Gert Rietveld

The surge in electric vehicle adoption has resulted in a significant rise in end-of-life batteries, which are unsuitable for demanding EV applications. Repurposing these batteries for secondary applications presents a promising avenue to tackle envir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,147 Views
17 Pages

The most common pattern types for anode structuring, in particular the line, grid, and hexagonal-arranged hole pattern were evaluated in a comparable setup in full-cells and symmetrical cells. The cells with structured electrodes were compared to ref...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,573 Views
13 Pages

Blended electrodes are becoming increasingly more popular in lithium-ion batteries, yet most modeling approaches are still lacking the ability to separate the blend components. This is problematic because the different components are unlikely to degr...

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