Advanced Characterizations in Solid-State Batteries
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 2746
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemical energy storage and conversion; neutron diffraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have attracted intensive research interest and show promising potential as the next-generation of energy storage devices for electric vehicles (EVs). Compared to conventional liquid-based batteries, using solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) in ASSBs offers high energy densities without compromising safety, therefore providing great opportunities to meet the growing demands of long-range EVs. However, the development of ASSBs is at the initial stage and faces significant challenges, such as low ion conductivity of SSEs, chemical/electrochemical unstable toward cathode and anode materials, and big gaps for large-scale indusial production. Therefore, in-depth mechanism studies are essential to realizing high-performance ASSBs. Advanced characterization techniques provide insights into the battery materials’ working/failure mechanisms and therefore give valuable guidance to the design of future ASSBs. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to cover the latest research progress on the advanced characterizations applied in ASSBs. All article types permitted by Batteries are welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mechanism studies on solid-state electrolytes;
- Failure analysis on cathode and anode interfaces;
- New characterization techniques in solid-state batteries;
- Calculation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in battery research.
Dr. Wei Xia
Dr. Sixu Deng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Li-ion batteries
- Na-ion batteries
- all-solid-state batteries
- advanced characterizations
- interface
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: In Situ TEM Study on Failure Mechanism of High-Energy Density Electrodes for Rechargeable Batteries
Authors: Shao Wanga, Yu Huanga, Xiaolian Lib, Yueling Caia, Heguang Liub, Qianqian Lia,*
Affiliation: a Materials Genome Institute of Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China
b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
Abstract: With the continuous expansion in the field of energy storage, cathode materials with high energy density and high capacity have been widely concerned as the next generation of potential cathode materials, such as Ni-rich layered oxides (NRLOs), Li-rich layered oxides (LRLOs), Li- and Mn-rich (LMR). However, capacity fading and voltage decay pose serious obstacles to their applications. Understanding the microscopic structural evolution and failure mechanism of electrode materials is of great significance for the development of promising lithium-ion cathodes. In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with selective electron diffraction (SAED), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and other characterization techniques can visualize the characterization of structural and chemical evolution, and obtain the key information of microstructure evolution, mechanical stress and composition changes and interface dynamic behavior, which has important guiding significance for understanding battery failure mechanism and designing high-performance batteries. This Review covers promising high energy density electrode materials, summarizes the latest progress of in situ TEM technology in the study of failure mechanism of high energy density electrode materials, and pays special attention to the correlation coupling between electrochemistry and mechanics. The universal applicability of in situ TEM in clarifying the mechanisms and failure characterization of electrode materials is provided. Finally, the challenges and opportunities of in situ TEM in electrochemical energy storage research are discussed and the possible directions for optimization of high energy density cathode materials are predicted.
