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Batteries, Volume 8, Issue 12

2022 December - 43 articles

Cover Story: High-energy-density lithium–sulfur batteries are a potential replacement for lithium-ion batteries. However, practical lifetimes are inhibited by lithium polysulfide shuttling. Concurrently, plastic waste accumulation worldwide threatens our ecosystems. Herein, a fast and facile strategy to upcycle polyethylene terephthalate waste into useful materials is investigated. Dilithium terephthalate and dipotassium terephthalate salts were synthesized from waste soda bottles via microwave depolymerization and solution coated onto glass fiber separators. Salt-functionalized separators mitigated polysulfide shuttling and improved cycle lifetime. Pore analysis and density functional theory calculations demonstrate a mechanism of synergistic physical blocking of bulky polysulfide anions in nanopores and diffusion inhibition via electrostatic interactions with abundant carboxylate groups. View this paper
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Articles (43)

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,322 Views
20 Pages

19 December 2022

Aqueous zinc batteries (AZBs) show promising applications in large-scale energy storage and wearable devices mainly because of their low cost and intrinsic safety. However, zinc metal anodes suffer from dendrite issues and side reactions, seriously h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,385 Views
27 Pages

QC and MD Modelling for Predicting the Electrochemical Stability Window of Electrolytes: New Estimating Algorithm

  • Yuri A. Dobrovolsky,
  • Margarita G. Ilyina,
  • Elizaveta Y. Evshchik,
  • Edward M. Khamitov,
  • Alexander V. Chernyak,
  • Anna V. Shikhovtseva,
  • Tatiana I. Melnikova,
  • Olga V. Bushkova and
  • Sophia S. Borisevich

18 December 2022

The electrolyte is an important component of lithium-ion batteries, especially when it comes to cycling high-voltage cathode materials. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for estimating both the oxidising and reducing potential of electrolytes us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,539 Views
16 Pages

17 December 2022

The prediction of thermal behavior is essential for an efficient initial design of thermal management systems which equip energy sources based on electrochemical cells. In this study, the surface temperature of various cylindrical types of Li-ion bat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
15,841 Views
39 Pages

16 December 2022

In recent years, the goal of lowering emissions to minimize the harmful impacts of climate change has emerged as a consensus objective among members of the international community through the increase in renewable energy sources (RES), as a step towa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,602 Views
18 Pages

16 December 2022

The battery is an important part of pure electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles, and its state and parameter estimation has always been a big problem. To determine the available energy stored in a battery, it is necessary to know the current...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,238 Views
16 Pages

Phenazine-Based Compound as a Universal Water-Soluble Anolyte Material for the Redox Flow Batteries

  • Elena I. Romadina,
  • Alexander V. Akkuratov,
  • Olja Simoska and
  • Keith J. Stevenson

14 December 2022

Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are emerging energy storage technologies due to their high availability, low cost of organic compounds, and the use of eco-friendly water-based supporting electrolytes. In the present work, we demonstrate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
12,538 Views
20 Pages

Review on Battery Packing Design Strategies for Superior Thermal Management in Electric Vehicles

  • Robby Dwianto Widyantara,
  • Siti Zulaikah,
  • Firman Bagja Juangsa,
  • Bentang Arief Budiman and
  • Muhammad Aziz

14 December 2022

In the last decades of electric vehicle (EV) development, battery thermal management has become one of the remaining issues that must be appropriately handled to ensure robust EV design. Starting from researching safer and more durable battery cells...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,502 Views
11 Pages

13 December 2022

Herein, oxygen-doped hierarchical porous carbon (OHPC) is successfully fabricated derived from industrial-waste lignin. The as-obtained OHPC is endowed with not only high specific surface area and favorable pore size distribution for accessible ion d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,446 Views
17 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) for In Situ Templating Carbon Material: Carbon Characterization and Application in Supercapacitors Containing Multivalent Ions

  • Nikola Zdolšek,
  • Bojan Janković,
  • Miloš Milović,
  • Snežana Brković,
  • Jugoslav Krstić,
  • Ivana Perović and
  • Milica Vujković

13 December 2022

The development of carbon materials with desirable textures and new aqueous electrolytes is the key strategy to improve the performance of supercapacitors. Herein, a deep eutectic solvent (DES) was used for in situ templating of a carbon material. A...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,937 Views
15 Pages

Strategies for Minimizing Charging Time in Commercial Nickel-Rich/Silicon-Graphite Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Jorge Alonso-del-Valle,
  • Manuela González,
  • Juan Carlos Viera,
  • Enrique Ernesto Valdés,
  • Víctor Manuel García and
  • David Anseán

13 December 2022

The emerging nickel-rich/silicon-graphite lithium-ion technology is showing a notable increase in the specific energy, a main requirement for portable devices and electric vehicles. These applications also demand short charging times, while actual ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,627 Views
14 Pages

Robust Parameter Identification Strategy for Lead Acid Battery Model

  • Hegazy Rezk,
  • Seydali Ferahtia,
  • Rania M. Ghoniem,
  • Ahmed Fathy,
  • Mohamed M. Ghoniem and
  • Reem Alkanhel

12 December 2022

The most popular approach for smoothing renewable power generation fluctuations is to use a battery energy storage system. The lead-acid battery is one of the most used types, due to several advantages, such as its low cost. However, the precision of...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,626 Views
29 Pages

12 December 2022

In this paper, capacity fade of LiFeYPO4/graphite commercial cells during 116 cycles under different temperatures is studied. The cells were discharged in two modes, during Drive Cycle (DrC) discharge cycles the cell was discharged with current wavef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,172 Views
19 Pages

Influence of the Oxygen Surface Functionalities Introduced by Electrochemical Treatment on the Behavior of Graphite Felts as Electrodes in VRFBs

  • Laura García-Alcalde,
  • Alejandro Concheso,
  • Victoria G. Rocha,
  • Clara Blanco,
  • Ricardo Santamaría and
  • Zoraida González

10 December 2022

Graphite felts act as electrodes in VRFBs thanks to their properties such as chemical strength and electrical conductivity or 3D-structure. However, there are significant drawbacks to be overcome, such as their low wettability, sluggish kinetic rever...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,280 Views
9 Pages

9 December 2022

The Peukert equation is widely used in various analytical models of lithium-ion batteries. However, the classical Peukert equation is applicable to lithium-ion batteries only in a limited range of discharge currents. Additionally, it does not take in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,285 Views
18 Pages

8 December 2022

PV and battery systems have been widely deployed in residential applications due to increasing environmental concerns and fossil energy prices. Energy management strategies play an important role in reducing energy bills and maximize profits. This pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,762 Views
28 Pages

8 December 2022

The purpose of this paper is to develop a photovoltaic module array with an energy storage system that has equalizing charge/discharge controls for regulating the power supply to the grid. Firstly, the boost converter is used in conjunction with maxi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,096 Views
20 Pages

6 December 2022

The filling with electrolyte and the subsequent wetting of the electrodes is a quality-critical and time-intensive process in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries. The exact processes involved in the wetting are still under investigation due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,289 Views
13 Pages

6 December 2022

The hydrogen–bromine redox flow battery is a promising energy storage technology with the potential for capital costs as low as 220 $ kWh−1 and high operational power densities in excess of 1.4 W cm−2. In this work, enhanced surface...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,347 Views
22 Pages

Feasibility of Behind-the-Meter Battery Storage in Wind Farms Operating on Small Islands

  • Pantelis A. Dratsas,
  • Georgios N. Psarros and
  • Stavros A. Papathanassiou

6 December 2022

This paper investigates the anticipated benefits from the introduction of a battery energy storage system (BESS) behind-the-meter (BtM) of a wind farm (WF) located in a small non-interconnected island (NII) system. Contrary to the standard storage de...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,241 Views
21 Pages

5 December 2022

For retired automotive lithium-ion batteries, state of health (SoH) is currently utilised to grade them for a second-life application. However, researchers previously challenged this and expressed that, in addition to SoH, the actual degradation mech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,041 Views
12 Pages

5 December 2022

To enhance the stability and capacity of discharge in a solid-state battery system, we created a design that uses the same carbonate-based copolymer for a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) and a polymer binder in a cathode. Here, we report on the cross...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,784 Views
20 Pages

Anode-Free Rechargeable Sodium-Metal Batteries

  • Qiao Ni,
  • Yuejiao Yang,
  • Haoshen Du,
  • Hao Deng,
  • Jianbo Lin,
  • Liu Lin,
  • Mengwei Yuan,
  • Zemin Sun and
  • Genban Sun

5 December 2022

Due to the advantages of rich resources, low cost, high energy conversion efficiency, long cycle life, and low maintenance fee, sodium–ion batteries have been regarded as a promising energy storage technology. However, their relatively low ener...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,676 Views
17 Pages

Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer Formation on the Si-Based Electrodes with and without Binder Studied by XPS and ToF-SIMS Analysis

  • Zhan-Yu Wu,
  • Li Deng,
  • Jun-Tao Li,
  • Sandrine Zanna,
  • Antoine Seyeux,
  • Ling Huang,
  • Shi-Gang Sun,
  • Philippe Marcus and
  • Jolanta Światowska

5 December 2022

The formation and evolution of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer as a function of electrolyte and electrolyte additives has been extensively studied on simple and model pure Si thin film or Si nanowire electrodes inversely to complex compo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,446 Views
11 Pages

Aluminum/Bromate and Aluminum/Iodate Mechanically Rechargeable Batteries

  • Alexander Modestov,
  • Vladimir Andreev and
  • Anatoliy Antipov

4 December 2022

The ever-increasing characteristics of microcomputers, sensors, actuators, and communication systems require more powerful and more compact autonomous power sources. Al/bromate and Al/iodate flow batteries are proposed as new power supply units for u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,439 Views
12 Pages

An Experimentally Parameterized Equivalent Circuit Model of a Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Battery

  • Timothy Cleary,
  • Zahra Nozarijouybari,
  • Daiwei Wang,
  • Donghai Wang,
  • Christopher Rahn and
  • Hosam K. Fathy

3 December 2022

This paper presents and parameterizes an equivalent circuit model of an all-solid-state lithium-sulfur battery cell, filling a gap in the literature associated with low computational intensity models suitable for embedded battery management applicati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,041 Views
14 Pages

2 December 2022

Since the Young’s modulus of the separator is weaker than that of the other materials inside a lithium-ion battery, local deformation may cause blockage or rupture of the separator, resulting in internal short-circuit or other disasters. This s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,021 Views
12 Pages

Ag-Doping Effect on MnO2 Cathodes for Flexible Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Ion Batteries

  • Yanxin Liao,
  • Chun Yang,
  • Qimeng Xu,
  • Wenxuan Zhao,
  • Jingwen Zhao,
  • Kuikui Wang and
  • Hai-Chao Chen

2 December 2022

Rechargeable aqueous Zn/MnO2 batteries are very potential for large-scale energy storage applications owing to their low cost, inherent safety, and high theoretical capacity. However, the MnO2 cathode delivers unsatisfactory cycling performance owing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
12,415 Views
14 Pages

Prediction of Battery Cycle Life Using Early-Cycle Data, Machine Learning and Data Management

  • Belen Celik,
  • Roland Sandt,
  • Lara Caroline Pereira dos Santos and
  • Robert Spatschek

1 December 2022

The prediction of the degradation of lithium-ion batteries is essential for various applications and optimized recycling schemes. In order to address this issue, this study aims to predict the cycle lives of lithium-ion batteries using only data from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,687 Views
19 Pages

Chitosan-Carboxymethylcellulose Hydrogels as Electrolytes for Zinc–Air Batteries: An Approach to the Transition towards Renewable Energy Storage Devices

  • María Fernanda Bósquez-Cáceres,
  • Lola De Lima,
  • Vivian Morera Córdova,
  • Anabel D. Delgado,
  • José Béjar,
  • Noé Arjona,
  • Lorena Álvarez-Contreras and
  • Juan P. Tafur

30 November 2022

Biopolymers are promising materials as electrolytes with high flexibility, good performance, cost effectiveness, high compatibility with solvents, and film-forming ability. Chitosan (CS) and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) can form an intermolecular com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,979 Views
11 Pages

Integrated Arrays of Micro Resistance Temperature Detectors for Monitoring of the Short-Circuit Point in Lithium Metal Batteries

  • Lianqi Zhao,
  • Cong Wu,
  • Xinshui Zhang,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Lei Dong,
  • Longxing Su and
  • Jin Xie

30 November 2022

Short-circuit induced thermal runaway is one of the main obstacles that hinder the large-scale commercial applications of lithium metal batteries. The fast and accurate detection of an internal short-circuit is, therefore, a key step for preventing t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,151 Views
16 Pages

Nanostructured Manganese Dioxide for Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes

  • Jon Rodriguez-Romero,
  • Idoia Ruiz de Larramendi and
  • Eider Goikolea

30 November 2022

Hybrid supercapacitors, as emerging energy storage devices, have gained much attention in recent years due to their high energy density, fast charge/discharge and long cyclabilities. Among the wide range of systems covered by this topic, low cost, en...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,570 Views
14 Pages

Tuning the Architecture of Hierarchical Porous CoNiO2 Nanosheet for Enhanced Performance of Li-S Batteries

  • Lili Chai,
  • Huizi Ye,
  • Zhengguang Hu,
  • Fengliang Liu,
  • Liyun Qin,
  • Zhiqi Zhang,
  • Xianxin Lai,
  • Yong Zhao and
  • Li Wang

29 November 2022

As the desired components and crystal structure of a transition metal oxide catalyst are selected, architecture is a dominating factor affecting its electrocatalytic performance for applications in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Nano-compounds with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,604 Views
14 Pages

29 November 2022

Ternary metal sulfides are projected as advanced lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes due to their superior electronic conductivity and specific capacity compared to their respective oxide counterparts. Herein, a porous composite of cuboidal FeNi2S4 (FNS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,899 Views
22 Pages

A State of Charge Estimation Approach for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on the Optimized Metabolic EGM(1,1) Algorithm

  • Qiang Sun,
  • Shasha Wang,
  • Shuang Gao,
  • Haiying Lv,
  • Jianghao Liu,
  • Li Wang,
  • Jifei Du and
  • Kexin Wei

28 November 2022

The accurate estimation of the state of charge (SOC) for lithium-ion batteries’ performance prediction and durability evaluation is of paramount importance, which is significant to ensure reliability and stability for electric vehicles. The SOC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,954 Views
13 Pages

28 November 2022

The development of robust and efficient electrocatalysts for use in fuel cells and metal–air batteries has garnered a great deal of interest due to the quest for clean and renewable energy sources. In this paper, a promising Co-doped Pr0.5Ba0.4...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,534 Views
19 Pages

28 November 2022

Nitrogen-doped, 3-dimensional graphene (N3DG), synthesized as a one-step thermal CVD process, was further functionalized with atmospheric pressure oxygen plasma. Electrodes were fabricated and tested based on the functionalized N3DG. Their characteri...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,768 Views
16 Pages

26 November 2022

A novel energy storage mode based on the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) concept will be greatly researched and applied as a new green solution to energy and environmental problems. However, the existing research on battery capacit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,361 Views
15 Pages

Composite Cathodes Based on Lithium-Iron Phosphate and N-Doped Carbon Materials

  • Irina Stenina,
  • Danis Safikanov,
  • Polina Minakova,
  • Svetlana Novikova,
  • Tatiana Kulova and
  • Andrey Yaroslavtsev

26 November 2022

The effect of different nitrogen-doped carbon additives (carbon coating from polyaniline, N-doped carbon nanotubes, and N-doped carbon nanoparticles) on electrochemical performance of nanocomposites based on the olivine-type LiFePO4 was investigated....

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,426 Views
24 Pages

Applications of In Situ Neutron-Based Techniques in Solid-State Lithium Batteries

  • Maurice Abitonze,
  • Xiaohan Yu,
  • Catherine Sekyerebea Diko,
  • Yimin Zhu and
  • Yan Yang

24 November 2022

Solid-state lithium batteries (SSLBs) have made significant progress in recent decades in response to increasing demands for improved safety and higher energy density. Nonetheless, the current state SSLBs are not suitable for wide commercial applicat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,438 Views
14 Pages

23 November 2022

In the battery field, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) attract much attention due to their potential as a supporting conducting material for anodes or cathodes. The performance of cathodes or anodes can be optimized by introducing densely packed CNTs, which c...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,893 Views
14 Pages

Mitigating Polysulfide Shuttles with Upcycled Alkali Metal Terephthalate Decorated Separators

  • Daniel A. Gribble,
  • Zih-Yu Lin,
  • Sourav Ghosh,
  • Brett M. Savoie and
  • Vilas G. Pol

23 November 2022

High energy density lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) are a potential replacement for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, practical lifetimes are inhibited by lithium polysulfide (LiPS) shuttling. Concurrently, plastic waste accumulation world...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,285 Views
12 Pages

Operando Observation of Coupled Discontinuous-Continuous Transitions in Ion-Stabilized Intercalation Cathodes

  • Guobin Zhang,
  • Tengfei Xiong,
  • Lixue Xia,
  • Xuhui Yao,
  • Yan Zhao,
  • Lirong Zheng,
  • Han Chen,
  • Yunlong Zhao and
  • Mengyu Yan

22 November 2022

Irreversible phase transition caused capacity fading has been considered as an obstacle for rechargeable batteries. An in-depth investigation of the irreversible phase transition is critical for understanding the reaction mechanism and developing adv...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,329 Views
14 Pages

Fast and Slow Laser-Stimulated Degradation of Mn-Doped Li4Ti5O12

  • Aleksey A. Nikiforov,
  • Dmitrii K. Kuznetsov,
  • Ralph N. Nasara,
  • Kaviarasan Govindarajan,
  • Shih-kang Lin and
  • Dmitry V. Pelegov

22 November 2022

Lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) is a commercial anode material used for high-power and long-lifespan lithium batteries. The key drawback of this material is its low electronic conductivity. Although doping is commonly used to solve this problem, the int...

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