The rapid consumption of fossil fuel and the increasing demand for reducing long-term greenhouse gas emissions urge the development of renewable energy systems. With the capability of harvesting sustainable and intermittent energy sources like wind, solar, and tide energy, the electrochemical energy storage devices (EESDs) including batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells have attracted extensive attention both in fundamental studies and practical technologies. Consequently, great efforts have been devoted passionately to developing desirable EESDs with low cost, high safety, and superior efficiency. As the involved electrochemical processes mainly occur at the electrode/electrolyte interfaces, the overall performance of EESDs is intrinsically correlated with the surfaces and interfaces in the devices. To promote an in-depth understanding of this process, this Research Topic aims to collect papers focusing on surface and interfacial engineering strategies toward advanced EESDs.
The goal of this Research Topic is to seek universal and efficient approaches to design favorable surfaces and interfaces in advanced EESDs for on-demand applications. It is well documented that the mass/electron transport within the electrodes and charge transfer across surfaces and interfaces could significantly influence the electrochemical performance of EESDs. The architectures of electrode materials are quite important in determining their surface and interfacial properties, therefore, it is highly desirable to develop innovative strategies for the structural engineering of electrode materials with favorable surfaces and interfaces. Moreover, developing desired artificial interfaces can protect the active electrode materials from serious corrosion by electrolyte under electrifying. This Research Topic is also interested in works on the exploration of novel electrolytes, whose nature would impact the formation, dynamic, and roles of electrode interfaces for advanced EESDs. Furthermore, developments of advanced characterization techniques as well as theoretical modeling methods will be necessary for revealing the working mechanism of surface and interfacial engineering. This collection would be a comprehensive discussion of the existing issues for the multiscale modeling approach of electrode interfaces for EESDs.
The scope of this Research Topic focuses on the advances in surface and interfacial engineering for advanced electrochemical energy storage devices including various types of batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells. This Research Topic welcomes original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews and perspectives that describe:
• Material and structural engineering of electrode for favorable surfaces and interfaces;
• Architectural construction of on-demand surfaces and interfaces;
• Novel design of artificial electrode surfaces and interfaces;
• Electrolyte engineering for desirable electrode-electrolyte interfaces;
• Advanced techniques for the characterization of electrode interfaces;
• Theoretical or computational advances in modeling related to surfaces and interfaces.
Beyond the above themes, other original research contributions closely related to surface and interfacial engineering in EESDs are also highly welcome.
The rapid consumption of fossil fuel and the increasing demand for reducing long-term greenhouse gas emissions urge the development of renewable energy systems. With the capability of harvesting sustainable and intermittent energy sources like wind, solar, and tide energy, the electrochemical energy storage devices (EESDs) including batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells have attracted extensive attention both in fundamental studies and practical technologies. Consequently, great efforts have been devoted passionately to developing desirable EESDs with low cost, high safety, and superior efficiency. As the involved electrochemical processes mainly occur at the electrode/electrolyte interfaces, the overall performance of EESDs is intrinsically correlated with the surfaces and interfaces in the devices. To promote an in-depth understanding of this process, this Research Topic aims to collect papers focusing on surface and interfacial engineering strategies toward advanced EESDs.
The goal of this Research Topic is to seek universal and efficient approaches to design favorable surfaces and interfaces in advanced EESDs for on-demand applications. It is well documented that the mass/electron transport within the electrodes and charge transfer across surfaces and interfaces could significantly influence the electrochemical performance of EESDs. The architectures of electrode materials are quite important in determining their surface and interfacial properties, therefore, it is highly desirable to develop innovative strategies for the structural engineering of electrode materials with favorable surfaces and interfaces. Moreover, developing desired artificial interfaces can protect the active electrode materials from serious corrosion by electrolyte under electrifying. This Research Topic is also interested in works on the exploration of novel electrolytes, whose nature would impact the formation, dynamic, and roles of electrode interfaces for advanced EESDs. Furthermore, developments of advanced characterization techniques as well as theoretical modeling methods will be necessary for revealing the working mechanism of surface and interfacial engineering. This collection would be a comprehensive discussion of the existing issues for the multiscale modeling approach of electrode interfaces for EESDs.
The scope of this Research Topic focuses on the advances in surface and interfacial engineering for advanced electrochemical energy storage devices including various types of batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells. This Research Topic welcomes original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews and perspectives that describe:
• Material and structural engineering of electrode for favorable surfaces and interfaces;
• Architectural construction of on-demand surfaces and interfaces;
• Novel design of artificial electrode surfaces and interfaces;
• Electrolyte engineering for desirable electrode-electrolyte interfaces;
• Advanced techniques for the characterization of electrode interfaces;
• Theoretical or computational advances in modeling related to surfaces and interfaces.
Beyond the above themes, other original research contributions closely related to surface and interfacial engineering in EESDs are also highly welcome.
