Renewables Call for Papers: Advances in Solid-state Electrolytes and Solid-state Batteries

As state-of-the-art metal-ion batteries are approaching their energy density limit, they will fail to meet the ever-growing demand for modern devices. Safety is another critical issue of current metal-ion batteries considering the use of highly toxic and flammable organic liquid electrolytes, particularly in electric vehicles. Unlike conventional metal-ion batteries, solid-state metal batteries use solid-state electrolytes that are nonflammable, mechanically stronger, and more electrochemically stable, making them promising alternatives that address the safety challenges posed by metal-ion batteries and boost the energy density by using metallic anodes. This research area holds great potential to revolutionize battery technology and, by extension, the world of applications.

The Renewables is planning to launch a special issue on Advances in Solid-state Electrolytes and Solid-state Batteries due to the increasingly significant role of solid-state electrolytes in battery chemistry. The special issue aims to collect original research and review articles covering the most recent advancements in the design and fabrication of solid-state electrolytes. Works on relevant theoretical calculations of solid-state electrolytes are also welcomed in this special issue.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

Semi- and solid-state electrolytes, including gel polymer electrolytes, solid polymer electrolytes, and inorganic electrolytes (eg. Oxide-, sulfide-, halide-electrolytes, etc.) and various composite electrolytes.

Interfacial design and modification;

Characterization techniques and theoretical computations/simulations of solid-state electrolytes;

Safety investigation and evaluation;

Solid-state battery fabrication;

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for solid-state electrolytes

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2024

Guest editors:

Xueliang (Andy) Sun

Fellow of Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology

Dr. Xueliang (Andy) Sun is a Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Chair Professor of the Institute of Materials and Energy at the Eastern Institute of Technology (tentative name), Ningbo, China. He served as Distinguished Professor at the University of Western Ontario and Chief Scientist in the Field of Nanoenergy Materialse, Canada. He received his Ph.D degree in Materials Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK, in 1999. Dr. Sun’s research is focused on advanced materials for energy conversion and storage including Li batteries and fuel cells. He is an author and co-author of over 630 refereed-journals and was named as one of the most highly cited researchers. He was cited more than 63,000 times, H-factor 132. He edited 4 books and published 20 book chapters as well as filed 26 patents, has given more than 160 plenary/keynote/invited talks in international conferences, symposia and workshops, and received various awards such as Professional Achievement Awards from Cross-cultural Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC, 2016), Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry Winner from Canada Chemistry Society (2018), Award of Merit of the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (2018), Western Hellmuth Prizes (The highest Research Achievement Award in the University, 2019) and IBA Battery Technology Award (2021). Dr. Sun is a Vice Chairman of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES). He also serves as an Editor-in-Chief of Electrochemical Energy Review (IF=32.8) under Springer-Nature.

Xiaofei Yang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS)

Dr. Xiaofei Yang is currently a professor at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received his Ph.D. degree from DICP in 2018, which he followed up by working as a postdoctoral fellow at Western University, Canada during 2018-2021. He was selected into the Special Talent Program B of CAS and Outstanding Youth Foundation of Liaoning Province. He has published over 90 papers on Chem. Soc. Rev., Energy Environ. Sci., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., etc. with over 6,800 citations, H-factor 43. He was selected as the world's top 2% of scientists in 2022. His research activities include Li-S batteries, all-solid-state lithium batteries, and battery interface studies via synchrotron X-ray characterizations.

Zhi Chang (Central South University)

Dr. Zhi Chang is currently a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Central South University and a doctoral/master's tutor. In 2022, he was selected into the National Overseas High-Level Young Talent Project (Overseas Excellent Youth). Doctoral and postdoctoral students studied under Prof. Haoshen Zhou. Mainly engaged in research on high specific energy lithium-ion batteries/lithium metal battery electrolytes, functional separators, solid electrolytes, metal anode protection, etc. In the past five years, he has published more than 60 SCI papers, among which he is the first author (including co-authors)/co-corresponding author for more than 30 articles in Joule, Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., etc. He was cited more than 4,700 times, H-factor 36, and applied for 6 national invention patents. Served as guest editor of SCI journal Materials, youth editorial board member of eScience journal, and Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Energy Environ. Sci., J. Am. Chem. Soc. and other well-known international journals as reviewers.

Tag: Chinese Chemical Society, Scientific Advances

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