Batteries, Volume 9, Issue 8

With the merits of having excellent safety, being low cost and being environmentally friendly, zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) are expected to be widely used in large-scale energy storage and flexible wearable devices. However, limited by the...

We report an effective processing route, combining nanostructure formation and hybridization, to improve the rate performance of the tunnel-structure sodium manganese oxide Na_0.44MnO₂ (NMO) as a cathode material for aqueous sodium ion storage. We use...

The Li-ion battery is one of the key components in electric car development due to its performance in terms of energy density, power density and cyclability. However, this technology is likely to present safety problems with the appearance of cell th...

Rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted considerable attention owing to their high theoretical capacity of 820 mA h g⁻¹, low cost and intrinsic safety. However, the electrolyte leakage and the instability issues of Zn negati...

Achieving accurate retired battery state of health (SOH) and state of charge (SOC) estimation is a safe prerequisite for securing the battery secondary utilization and thus effectively improving the energy utilization efficiency. The data-driven appr...

Due to global warming issues, the rapid growth of electric vehicle sales is fully expected to result in a dramatic increase in returned batteries after the first use. Naturally, industries have shown great interest in establishing business models for...

The environmentally friendly closed cycle of the regeneration process of spent LiCoO₂ was successfully developed and the following synthesis of triple-lithiated transition metal oxides was carried out. A hydrometallurgy recycling route with the usage...

Conventionally, cathode current collectors for lithium-ion batteries (LIB) consist of an aluminum foil generally manufactured by a rolling process. In the present work, a novel one-step manufacturing method of structured aluminum foil current collect...

This study aims to obtain CoZn nanostructures using the electrochemical deposition method and to estimate the applicability of the resulting nanostructures as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive...

LiNi_0.9Mn_0.1−xAl_xO₂ (NMA) (x = 0.01, 0.03, 0.05) cathodes were synthesized via the co-precipitation method and continued with the calcination process in a tube furnace at 750 °C under flowing oxygen gas for 12 h. X-ray diffraction (XRD) rev...

The large-scale introduction of electric vehicles into traffic has appeared as an immediate necessity to reduce the pollution caused by the transport sector. The major problem of replacing propulsion systems based on internal combustion engines with...

Renewable energy systems are essential for carbon neutrality and energy savings in industrial facilities. Factories use a lot of electrical and thermal energy to manufacture products, but only a small percentage is recycled. Utilizing energy storage...

Mechanical simulation models have become crucial for understanding Li-ion battery failure and degradation mechanisms. However, existing safety assessment models lack the implementation of SOC-dependent thickness variations referred to as reversible s...

This paper discusses an orienteering optimization problem where a vehicle using electric batteries must travel from an origin depot to a destination depot while maximizing the total reward collected along its route. The vehicle must cross several con...

Given the increasing use of lithium-ion batteries, which is driven in particular by electromobility, the characterization of cells in production and application plays a decisive role in quality assurance. The detection of defects particularly motivat...

The state of health (SOH) evaluation and remaining useful life (RUL) prediction for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are crucial for health management. This paper proposes a novel sequence-to-sequence (Seq2Seq) prediction method for LIB capacity degradat...

Battery degradation is a complex nonlinear problem, and it is crucial to accurately predict the cycle life of lithium-ion batteries to optimize the usage of battery systems. However, diverse chemistries, designs, and degradation mechanisms, as well a...

In this paper, we investigate different current collector materials for in situ deposition of lithium using a slurry-based $\mathsf{\beta }$-Li₃PS₄ electrolyte layer with a focus on transferability to industrial production. Therefore, half-cells with different...

The wide application of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) brings along with it various safety problems, such as fire and explosion accidents. Aiming at the thermal runaway (TR) and fire problems of LIBs, we reviewed the evolution of TR within LIB and the...

Because the new energy is intermittent and uncertain, it has an influence on the system’s output power stability. A hydrogen energy storage system is added to the system to create a wind, light, and hydrogen integrated energy system, which incr...

Redox flow batteries represent a captivating class of electrochemical energy systems that are gaining prominence in large-scale storage applications. These batteries offer remarkable scalability, flexible operation, extended cycling life, and moderat...

Anode-less sodium metal batteries have drawn dramatica attention owing to their high specific energy and low cost. However, the growth of sodium dendrites and the resulting loss of active materials and serious safety concerns hinder their practical a...

All-solid-state lithium batteries are a promising alternative to commercially available lithium-ion batteries due to their ability to achieve high energy density, safety, and compactness. Electrolytes are key components of all-solid-state batteries,...

This study presents a thorough investigation of Na₂FeP₂O₇ (NFP) cathode material for sodium-ion batteries and its composites with carbon and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Our findings demonstrate that rGO sheets improve cycling performance in NFP/C/r...

The advantages of low cost, high theoretical capacity, and dependable safety of aqueous zinc ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) enable their promising use in flexible and wearable energy storage devices. However, achieving extended cycling stability...

To gain better understanding of the safety behavior of lithium-ion batteries under mechanical stress, crush tests are performed and reported in literature and in standards. However, many of these tests are conducted without the use of a cell clamping...

Ferroferric oxide (Fe₃O₄) is regarded to be a promising high-capacity anode material for LIBs. However, the capacity attenuates fast and the rate performance is poor due to the dramatic pulverization and sluggish charge transfer properties. To solve...

Anode-less batteries are a promising innovation in energy storage technology, eliminating the need for traditional anodes and offering potential improvements in efficiency and capacity. Here, we have fabricated and tested two types of anode-less pouc...

Increasing demand to store intermittent renewable electricity from, e.g., photovoltaic and wind energy, has led to much research and development in large-scale stationary energy storage, for example, ZEBRA batteries (Na-NiCl₂ solid electrolyte batter...

The performance of lithium-ion batteries is closely related to temperature, and much attention has been paid to their thermal safety. With the increasing application of the lithium-ion battery, higher requirements are put forward for battery thermal...

Nanocellulose has emerged as a highly promising and sustainable nanomaterial due to its unique structures, exceptional properties, and abundance in nature. In this comprehensive review, we delve into current research activities focused on harnessing...

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is one of the materials most commonly used in membrane separators. The structures of pristine PVDF and PVDF nanocomposite films were processed via hot pressing at 140 °C, 170 °C, and 185 °C at a pressure of...

In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to predict the transient temperature distributions of a prismatic lithium-ion polymer battery (LiPo) cooled by natural convection at various discharge cycles is developed. The thermal behavior...

Supercapacitors are regarded as reliable energy storage devices to alleviate the energy crisis and environmental pollution. However, the relatively low capacitance and low energy density limit the practical application of supercapacitors. In this con...

The diagnosis and prognosis of PV-connected batteries are complicated because cells might never experience controlled conditions during operation as both the charge and discharge duty cycles are sporadic. This work presents the application of a new m...

One of the most popular solutions for electrochemical energy storage is metal–air batteries, which could be employed in electric vehicles or grid energy storage. Metal–air batteries have a higher theoretical energy density than lithium-io...

A thermo-rechargeable battery or tertiary battery converts thermal energy into electric energy via an electrochemical Seebeck coefficient. The manufacturing of the tertiary batteries requires a pre-oxidation step to align and optimize the cathode and...

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is helpful for battery management systems to extend batteries’ lifespan and ensure the safety of batteries. However, due to the pseudo-positive definiteness of the covariance matrix and noise statistics...

Li metal has emerged as a promising anode material for high energy density batteries, due to its low electrochemical potential and high specific capacity of 3860 mAh·g⁻¹. These characteristics make it an attractive choice for electric ve...