New Chemical and Electrochemical Approaches for Next Generation Electrode Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 2826
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; metal-air batteries; organic photovoltaic systems; metal-organic interfaces; heterogeneous catalysis; mbpt studies (gw and bse) in molecules and solids; electronic and thermal transport in carbon nanotubes; graphene
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Batteries play a crucial role in portable applications and automobile industry. However, the capacity offered by the current state‐of‐the‐art Li‐ion technology is too low to solve the increasing demands. Accelerating the discovery of ultra‐high performance batteries will require new chemical and electrochemical approaches to build the next generation of electrodes. While parameters like energy and power density, safety and durability need to be improved, other aspects such as self‐healing of the materials and their recyclability will also become focus points. Machine learning algorithms (MLAs) will play a key role in these developments. MLAs will guide simulations, synthesis, characterization experiments and testing of new electrode materials, demanding at the same time a consolidated treatment of multiple and heterogeneous data sources.
Prof. Juan María García-Lastra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- batteries
- safety, reliability, cell design, and engineering
- anodes and cathodes
- nanostructures
- organic electrodes
- electrode/electrolyte interface phenomena, electrochemical characterization
- manufacturing, formation, processing, and production techniques
- Recycling and sustainability
- microfluidic architectures
- energy production, conversion and storage
- lifetime and degradation
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