Sustainable Polymeric Electrolytes for Batteries
A special issue of Sustainable Chemistry (ISSN 2673-4079).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 65
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium-based and post-lithium batteries; polymer electrolytes; nanostructured electrodes; sustainable polymers and processes
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2. National Reference Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (GISEL)-INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: battery
2. National Reference Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (GISEL)-INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; solid polymer electrolyte; 3D printing; DLP; surfactant; organic synthesis; customized orthoses; polymeric materials; ankle-foot orthosis; mechanical properties
Interests: physical chemistry; catalysis; spectroscopy; olefin polymerization
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2. National Reference Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (GISEL)-INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
Interests: batteries
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for high-energy, high-performance, safe, and sustainable energy storage solutions is among the most important research topics in mobile electronic applications and electromobility. In this context, lithium and sodium ion batteries have become the most investigated solutions, with recent studies on improving their performance. Among all components that require improvements, electrolytes are the most challenging, requiring advances in safety, flammability, electrode compatibility, cost-effectiveness, and overall performance. While liquid electrolytes remain the most commonly used, issues related to safety, fire risks, and potential leakage in the event of accidents remain unresolved. Solid-state electrolytes are emerging as promising alternatives, addressing many of these concerns, but challenges related to their lower electrochemical performance and the use of toxic organic solvents in their production are still to be overcome. Biodegradable polymers and sustainable processes, like solvent-free extrusion and UV-curing, are some possible alternatives to reach green and environmentally friendly methods of electrolyte production.
We invite you to share your results on sustainable electrolytes for energy storage devices in this Special Issue. This Special Issue is broadly focused on sustainable materials for batteries, emphasizing their production processes and the strategy to make them greener and eco-friendly. This framework includes binders, cathodes, or anodes from renewed resources or processes to reduce environmental impact, reuse end-of-life materials, perform life-cycle assessments, and recycle.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest innovations and upcoming addressed challenges in the field of sustainable polymer electrolytes for batteries, including production methods, reuse or recycling of end-of-life materials, and evaluation of processes not only related to small lab-scale but also with a possible industrial scale up.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) research scientific articles, reviews related to very narrow topics, and communications.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Claudio Gerbaldi
Dr. Giuseppe Antonio Elia
Guest Editors
Dr. Matteo Gastaldi
Dr. Alessandro Piovano
Dr. Hamideh Darjazi
Guest Editor Assistans
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Keywords
- solid-state batteries
- polymeric electrolytes
- sustainable processes
- solid-state batteries
- green processes
- sustainable electrolyte production
- LCA
- recycling of end-of-life materials
- sustainable binders
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