Dear colleagues,

The rapid development of electrochemical energy storage technology (Li⁺, Na⁺, K⁺ batteries) has significantly promoted the electric vehicles, daily electronics, renewable energy storage and conversion etc. Especially, the electric vehicles are playing more and more important role in the people’s daily life due to the environmentally-friendly and zero-carbon-emission promise, which is expected to replace the dominated market of conventional fuel cars in the future. However, the electrochemical energy storage devices primarily use the highly-flammable organic electrolytes as the electrolyte due to the wide operation voltage window and superior electrical conductivity. When under high environmental temperature or exposed to air, the electric vehicles suffer from serious flammable and even explosion issues, throwing a great threaten to the people’s properties and life. Developing non-flammable electrolyte to replace the commercial flammable organic electrolyte can solve the safety issues from the root. Meanwhile, advanced thermal management technologies, as anther promising method, can maintain the temperature of energy storage devices well and thus prevent the thermal runaway.

 

Potential authors are invited to submit papers containing Original Research contributions, Reviews and Perspectives related to the latest advances and prospects in safe electrochemical energy storage technology. We look forward to high-quality research presented rigorously. Findings presented in this Special Issue will contain the latest advances in the thermal management, energy storage mechanisms, optimization of anode and cathode, and safe energy storage devices.

 

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

 

Leading Section Editor:

Assist. Prof Huachao Yang

Support Section Editors:

Dr. Sohail Ahmad Khan.

Prof.Osama Elsamni

Prof.Yanfei Xu

Energy storage mechanisms; Non-flammable aqueous electrolyte; Solid-state electrolyte; Gel electrolyte; Thermal conductivity measurement; Thermal conductivity improvement; Formation mechanism of SEI film; Thermal stability of SEI film; Thermal management technology; Ion intercalation/deintercalation process; Interfacial ion reaction kinetics;