With the modern digital transformation, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are more than ever under immense pressure to be efficient and continually meet the energy demand. LIBs are an undoubted choice due to their unmatched combination of high-energy and power density, making them apt for mobile electronics and electric vehicles (EVs). Despite several improvements, with the rapid pace of modern electrification and the need to create a carbon-neutral society, there is an unprecedented need to increase battery performance. Several existing challenges like; capacity, voltage fading, along with hysteresis need to be overcome for the commercial success of LIB and to maintain its supremacy amid several mushroomed technologies, for instance, sodium-ion batteries and Mg/Al/S batteries.
Nanotechnology can significantly contribute toward developing better batteries by designing silicon nanowires instead of modern graphite at the anode side. Using silicon nanowires is expected to satisfactorily expand/contract as they absorb and remove lithium ions during the charge/discharge process (Si nanoparticles aggregate and expands nearly 300%). This huge expansion deters commercial applications. Thus, designing electrodes with nanoscale architectures is challenging due to the minimization of energy (which is abundantly high in nanoscale due to the large surface-to-volume ratio), but if designed properly can revolutionize the energy sector.
This special issue in Frontiers in Nanotechnology is dedicated to bringing new insights into designing novel cathodes/electrodes to improve electrochemical performances and explore the application of nanostructures in energy storage. We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Designing better cathode materials based on density functional theory (DFT)/machine learning (ML) prediction for LIBs.
• Novel synthesizing/characterization tools to boost the understanding of novel batteries.
• Understanding and revealing the fading mechanism in newly synthesized batteries
• Solid–electrolyte-interphase (SEI) studies in the advanced cathode.
• Micro Supercapacitors and the application of nanostructures in their fabrication.
• Novel design strategies to cater to cost reduction.
• Synthesizing/characterization of novel electrodes using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Electrolyte studies
Keywords:
LIB, cationic- and anionic-redox, CAR, disordered cathodes, high energy density, cyclability, nanowires, micro supercapacitors
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
With the modern digital transformation, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are more than ever under immense pressure to be efficient and continually meet the energy demand. LIBs are an undoubted choice due to their unmatched combination of high-energy and power density, making them apt for mobile electronics and electric vehicles (EVs). Despite several improvements, with the rapid pace of modern electrification and the need to create a carbon-neutral society, there is an unprecedented need to increase battery performance. Several existing challenges like; capacity, voltage fading, along with hysteresis need to be overcome for the commercial success of LIB and to maintain its supremacy amid several mushroomed technologies, for instance, sodium-ion batteries and Mg/Al/S batteries.
Nanotechnology can significantly contribute toward developing better batteries by designing silicon nanowires instead of modern graphite at the anode side. Using silicon nanowires is expected to satisfactorily expand/contract as they absorb and remove lithium ions during the charge/discharge process (Si nanoparticles aggregate and expands nearly 300%). This huge expansion deters commercial applications. Thus, designing electrodes with nanoscale architectures is challenging due to the minimization of energy (which is abundantly high in nanoscale due to the large surface-to-volume ratio), but if designed properly can revolutionize the energy sector.
This special issue in Frontiers in Nanotechnology is dedicated to bringing new insights into designing novel cathodes/electrodes to improve electrochemical performances and explore the application of nanostructures in energy storage. We welcome the submission of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Designing better cathode materials based on density functional theory (DFT)/machine learning (ML) prediction for LIBs.
• Novel synthesizing/characterization tools to boost the understanding of novel batteries.
• Understanding and revealing the fading mechanism in newly synthesized batteries
• Solid–electrolyte-interphase (SEI) studies in the advanced cathode.
• Micro Supercapacitors and the application of nanostructures in their fabrication.
• Novel design strategies to cater to cost reduction.
• Synthesizing/characterization of novel electrodes using state-of-the-art techniques.
• Electrolyte studies
Keywords:
LIB, cationic- and anionic-redox, CAR, disordered cathodes, high energy density, cyclability, nanowires, micro supercapacitors
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.