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Recent Advances in Carbon, Metal Oxide, and Transitional Metal Dichalcogenides Based Anode Materials for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2529

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Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials (Hi-GEM) Research Centre, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Interests: anodes for lithium/sodium-ion batteries; high-voltage cathodes materials for lithium-ion batteries; electrolytes and binders for lithium/sodium-ion batteries; high-voltage and high-reliability supercapacitor; solid-state lithium batteries

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: nanostructured material-synthesis; 2D materials; nano-magnetism; lithium/sodium-ion battery electrodes
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in the anode materials for lithium/sodium-ion batteries. This issue will cover all the major aspects of battery research ranging from materials design to cell fabrication, challenges to solutions, and scientific understanding to practical applications.

This Special Issue will focus on the following topics:

  • Carbon, metal oxide, and transitional metal dichalcogenides based anodes
  • Tailoring advanced high-entropy oxide anodes
  • Hierarchical structures for anodes
  • Pre-lithiation/sodiation strategy
  • Examining the charge/discharge mechanism by Synchrotron techniques
  • Advanced electrolytes and electrolyte additives
  • Examining the stable electrolyte interphase chemistry for anodes
  • Novel binders

We are looking forward to receiving interesting manuscripts addressing the limitation of current anodes, the development of novel electrode/electrolyte designs, and breakthroughs in the anode research. We welcome contributions from researchers and experts working in the field of lithium/sodium-ion batteries. 

Dr. Jagabandhu Patra
Dr. Manas Ranjan Panda
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • carbon-based anodes
  • metal oxide anodes
  • high-entropy oxide
  • Transition Metal Chalcogenides
  • hierarchical structures
  • pre-lithiation strategy
  • synchrotron techniques
  • high safety electrolytes
  • electrolyte additives
  • SEI Chemistry
  • novel binders

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Synthesis Routes on Electrochemical Behavior of Co-Free Layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 Cathode for Li-Ion Batteries
by Shu-Yi Tsai and Kuan-Zong Fung
Molecules 2023, 28(2), 794; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28020794 - 13 Jan 2023
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Abstract
Co-free layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 has received considerable attention due to high theoretical capacity (280 mAh g−1) and low cost comparable than LiCoO2. The ability of nickel to be oxidized (Ni2+/Ni3+/Ni4+ [...] Read more.
Co-free layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 has received considerable attention due to high theoretical capacity (280 mAh g−1) and low cost comparable than LiCoO2. The ability of nickel to be oxidized (Ni2+/Ni3+/Ni4+) acts as electrochemical active and has a low activation energy barrier, while the stability of Mn4+ provides a stable host structure. However, selection of appropriate preparation method and condition are critical to providing an ideal layered structure of LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 with good electrochemical performance. In this study, Layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 has been synthesized by sol-gel and solid-state routes. According to the XRD, the sol-gel method provides a pure phase, and solid-state process only minimize the secondary phases to certain limit. The Ni2+/Mn4+ content in the sol-gel process was higher than in the solid-state reaction, which may be due to the chemical composition homogeneity of the sol-gel samples. Regarding the electrochemical behavior, sol-gel process is better than solid-state reaction. The discharge capacity is 145 mAh/g and 91 mAh/g for the sol-gel process and solid-state reaction samples, respectively. Full article
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