PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Batter. Electrochem.

Sec. Battery Materials Research

Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbael.2025.1636618

This article is part of the Research TopicReviews in Batteries and Electrochemistry Volume IIView all articles

Materials challenges in high-energy batteries enabling ultra-fast charging and non-flammable performance for electric vehicles

Provisionally accepted
Hyojoo  LeeHyojoo LeeJoo  Hyeong SuhJoo Hyeong SuhRashima  ChaudharyRashima ChaudharyJunyoung  MunJunyoung MunJung Ho  KimJung Ho Kim*
  • University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

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Development of advanced battery technologies for electric vehicles (EVs) has primarily focused on achieving high energy density, non-flammability, and fast charging capability. While commercial batteries have served as the backbone for EVs, numerous material challenges still remain to achieve these desired advancements. This perspective presents an overview of state-of-the-art strategies and recent breakthroughs aimed at overcoming the limitations of next-generation EV batteries.

Keywords: lithium-ion battery, material, High-energy, Fast charging, Non-flammability

Received: 28 May 2025; Accepted: 11 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Lee, Suh, Chaudhary, Mun and Kim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Jung Ho Kim, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

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