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Fast-Charging Lithium Batteries: Challenges, Progress and Future
edited by Mei Luo and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4497
Keywords: lithium ion batteries; lithium batteries; fast charging; lithium plating; cycle life; electrode architecture; modeling and machine learning; thermal safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Battery Management Systems Based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
edited by Sung Yeul Park and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2426
Keywords: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); battery management systems (BMS); battery performance; real-time monitoring; predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Battery Safety and Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles
edited by Hamidreza Behi, , Mark Behi and Babak Sadeghi
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery safety; battery thermal management systems; electric vehicles (EVs); thermal runaway; battery management systems (BMSs); fault detection; cooling strategies; predictive modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Recent Process of Solid-State Lithium Batteries
edited by Hao Zhang
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state electrolyte; Li+ ion; Na+ ion; interphase; interface; coating; synthesis; Li battery; Na battery; solid-state battery; in situ; operando; theoretical; mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects)
High Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by , and Yuzi Liu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5237 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion battery; high-capacity anode; advanced characterization; alloy anode; lithium metal anode; conversion reaction anode
Advances in Solid Electrolytes and Solid-State Batteries
edited by and Mingpeng Yu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 586 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid electrolyte; electrolyte– electrode interface; solid-state battery; high energy density; battery mechanics; solid-state battery failure
Flexible and Wearable Energy Storage Devices
edited by Lei Wang and Xiaochuan Ren
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: flexible batteries/supercapacitors; wearable batteries; stretchable electronics; smart textiles; conductive polymers; advanced electrode materials; solid-State electrolytes; printed batteries; biocompatible materials; high safety and thermal stability; battery integration; eco-friendly batteries; structural design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects)
Thermal Management in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Xianglin Li, Chuanbo Yang and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 32685 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
High-Performance Super-capacitors: Preparation and Application
edited by Xin Chen
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11791 | Submission Open
Keywords: supercapacitor; flexible supercapacitor; hybrid supercapacitor; oxide; hydroxide; chalcogenide; activated carbon; carbon nanotube; graphene; MXene; quantum dot; 3D electrode; composite electrode; interface; modeling; system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Advances in Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries
edited by and Jianbin Zhou
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7650 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium metal; cathode; electrolyte; characterization; solid-state batteries; solid-electrolyte interphase
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Recent Progress of Flow Battery
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6379 | Submission Open
Innovative Catalyst Design for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Fuel Cells
edited by Maoyu Wang, Hanping Ding and Shanyong Chen
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxygen reduction reaction; electrocatalyst; fuel cell; catalyst synthesis; mechanistic understanding
Artificial Intelligence-Based State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19152 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion battery; SOH estimation; artificial intelligence; lifetime prediction; physics-informed AI; neural networks; supervised learning; unsupervised learning; self-learning; data mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Physics-Informed Artificial Intelligence for Battery Energy Storage Systems submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 584 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; fractional-order modeling and control; intelligent management; energy storage systems; design of BMSs (battery management systems); artificial intelligence for batteries; battery safety diagnostics; battery degradation estimation; physics-informed machine learning; data-driven modeling; edge– cloud collaboration; edge computing and cloud computing; digital twins; battery optimization and control; battery prognostics; battery pre-warning; cell balancing; battery lifetime monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Recent Progress in Energy Storage Materials and Devices
edited by
submission deadline 28 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8300 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery; energy storage; hybrid battery cells; automotive and mobile application requirements; environmental challenges
High-Energy Materials and Electrode/Electrolyte Interphase Tailoring for Sustainable Batteries
edited by Wengao Zhao and Peng Li
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6826 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-energy materials; electrode/electrolyte interphases; sustainable batteries; advanced characterizations; operando characterizations; high-throughput screening
Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Management in Renewable Energy Systems: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery; renewable energy system; operation state; topology; modeling; control; grid-connection; energy management; thermal management; lifetime management; vehicle to grid; cooperative dispatching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Functional Binders and Additives for Rechargeable Batteries
edited by Yushi He and Zhong Ma
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10245 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional binders; functional additives; Li/Na/K-ion battery; Mg/Zn/Ca/Al-ion battery; metal battery; metal-S/O2 battery; aqueous battery; solid-state battery
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Design, Preparation, Reaction Mechanisms of Electrode Materials, and Battery Life Evaluation submission deadline 5 Jun 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 25475 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel battery materials and technologies; Li-ion batteries; electrode design; cathode; anode; electrolyte; reaction mechanisms; in situ analysis; battery life evaluation
Electrolyte and Electrode Design for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries
edited by Shaokun Chong
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18323 | Submission Open
Keywords: rechargeable batteries; sodium-ion batteries; potassium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; Li-S batteries; Li-O2 batteries; electrocatalysis; Zn/Mg-ion batteries; electrode materials; electrolyte engineering; electrochemical mechanism; electrochemical performances
The Breakthrough of Traditional Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems
edited by Xiaoyuan Shi and Hengguo Wang
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9633 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel-concept battery systems; dual-ion batteries; halogen batteries; ammonium-ion batteries; decoupled design batteries; high energy; long lifetime
Recent Progress of Battery Design, Modeling and Testing in Electric Vehicles
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24529 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery cell design; battery pack design; battery thermal management; battery safety; battery failure detection; thermal runaway; fast charging; battery materials; battery aging; battery life; battery control; battery states estimation; battery recycling; battery life cycle assessment (LCA)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Recent Advances of All-Solid-State Battery submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4669 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state batteries; solid electrolyte; advanced separators; battery testing; interface evaluation; battery safety
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
edited by Yaocai Bai and Panpan Xu
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25966 | Submission Open
Keywords: recycling; direct recycling; lithium-ion batteries; upcycling; hydrometallurgy; cathode; graphite
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Thermal Management System for Lithium-Ion Batteries: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1269 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid cooling and its hybrid forms; air cooling; phase change materials and coupled cooling; refrigeration cooling; thermal safety performance; dynamic thermal performance under operating conditions; advanced modeling techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries
edited by Zhikun Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium metal batteries; electrolytes; Interface design; cathode materials; thermal safety; lifetime estimation
Recycling and Reuse of End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Strategies–2nd Edition
edited by and Chiara Ferrara
submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2178 | Submission Open
Keywords: end-of-life lithium-ion batteries; recycling; critical and strategic raw materials; second life; circular economy; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Recycling Spent Lithium Ion Batteries
edited by Jia Li
submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: spent lithium batteries; state of charge; pretreatment process; metallurgical process; electrolyte treatment; material reuse; dissembling process; ai technique; high-value-added output; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Rechargeable Batteries
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12814 | Submission Open
Keywords: Li-ion batteries; Na-ion batteries; solid-state batteries; rechargeable batteries; battery recycling
Enhancement of Lithium-Ion and Post-lithium Batteries Safety: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications
edited by Hans Jürgen Seifert and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5171 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium and post-lithium batteries safety; electrochemical and thermal characterization; battery calorimetry and safety testing; ageing studies; gas analysis; thermodynamic modelling; modelling of cell venting; thermal runaway and thermal propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advances in Thermal Management for Batteries: 2nd Edition
edited by Elham Hosseinzadeh and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2304 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery thermal management; battery modelling; battery ageing; thermal runaway; thermal propagation; battery pack design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Advances in Battery Electric Vehicles—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open
Keywords: futuristic trends; battery pack design; battery management; health monitoring; state of charge; thermal management; charging infrastructure; motor drives; vehicular system; electrical vehicle trends
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Modeling, Reliability and Health Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by , Rui Ling, , , and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12977 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery modeling; battery reliability; battery fault diagnosis; battery control strategy; battery health management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Innovations in Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage in Remote Areas submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2687 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery design innovations; remote energy storage; intermittent renewable sources; energy integration strategies; resilient battery technologies; sustainable energy solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Second-Life Batteries submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 20654 | Submission Open
Keywords: second-life batteries; lithium-ion batteries; battery characterization and modeling; aging mechanisms; aging modeling; component reliability; lifetime prediction; battery diagnosis and prognosis; life-cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Application of Battery Management and Integration Technology in Renewable Energy Power Supply Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14051 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; battery; battery system; battery management system; integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Innovations in Battery Management: Advanced Modeling, Control and Diagnostic Algorithms for Batteries and Hybrid Energy Storage Systems
edited by , and Francesco Porpora
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery modelling; characterization procedures; control and optimization algorithms; battery aging mechanisms; state of health (SoH) estimation; remaining useful life (RUL) prediction; battery recycling; second-life battery applications; hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs); artificial intelligence in batteries; advanced battery diagnostics; thermal management; advanced battery sensors; sustainable battery technologies; battery performance optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Designing Sustainable Sodium/Zinc Batteries for the Future
edited by Zaichun Liu, Yuqi Li and
submission deadline 16 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable batteries; sodium/zinc batteries; earth-abundant materials; cathode and anode development; solid and liquid electrolytes; interface engineering; redox flow batteries; multi-scale modeling; machine learning for battery degradation; battery recycling; advanced characterization
Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 18 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3975 | Submission Open
Keywords: quasi/all-solid polymer; electrolytes; inorganic solid electrolytes (such as oxides; sulfides; halides; etc.); hybrid solid electrolytes; eutectogel electrolytes; in situ fabricated solid-state electrolytes; interfacial design and evolution; ion-conductive mechanisms; solid state batteries (such as lithium; sodium; etc.); safety evaluation characterization techniques and theoretical computations/simulations of electrolytes and batteries; materials genome initiative; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML) of solid electrolytes and batteries
Advances in Recycling and Upcycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by and Qizhang Yan
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open
Keywords: end-of-life electrical vehicle; lithium-ion battery; recycling; upcycling; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Machine Learning for Advanced Battery Systems submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21230 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; reinforcement learning; data-driven prediction; data-driven optimization; energy systems; battery management systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
High-Performance Supercapacitors: Advancements & Challenges
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8732 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Advanced Carbon-Based Materials for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8108 | Submission Open
Keywords: batteries; supercapacitors; carbon-based materials; carbon composite materials; microstructure design; composition optimization; energy-storage mechanism; electrolytes; energy densities
Advanced Materials and Degradation Mechanisms in Beyond-Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by Yi Gong, Huanxin Li and Wenjia Du
submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-lithium-ion batteries; advanced materials; operando characterisation; sensors; non-invasive monitoring
New Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Batteries: Development and Challenges
edited by Yulong Liu and Xuejie Gao
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6418 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid state electrolyte; polymer solid electrolyte; novel electrolyte; Li metal; solid state battery; interface; quasi-solid-state battery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Battery Manufacturing: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4157 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery manufacturing; smart manufacturing; digitalization; Industry 4.0; electrodes; electrolytes; end-of-life batteries; recycling; recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Batteries Aging Mechanisms and Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1939 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery aging test; battery aging mechanism; battery aging evaluation; battery fault diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advanced Electrode and Electrolyte Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries
edited by Florian Strauss
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5539 | Submission Open
Keywords: scalable synthesis procedures; interfacial degradation mechanisms; novel solid electrolyte materials; novel cathode active materials; lithium solid-state batteries; sodium solid-state batteries; post-mortem analysis; in situ analysis
Advanced Characterizations in Solid-State Batteries
edited by Wei Xia and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4736 | Submission Open
Keywords: Li-ion batteries; Na-ion batteries; all-solid-state batteries; advanced characterizations; interface
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects)
High-Safety Lithium-Ion Batteries: Basics, Progress and Challenges
edited by Lang Huang
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1600 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal safety of LIBs; heat generation; thermal runaway route; self-heating; thermal failure mechanism; safe electrolyte materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
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