Energy & Environmental Science Advisory Board member Professor Saiful Islam, an expert in the field of batteries, has highlighted some fascinating articles recently published in this area in Energy & Environmental Science.
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Development and challenges of LiFePO4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries
Li-Xia Yuan, Zhao-Hui Wang, Wu-Xing Zhang, Xian-Luo Hu, Ji-Tao Chen, Yun-Hui Huang and John B. Goodenough
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00029A
Nanostructured carbon-based electrodes: bridging the gap between thin-film lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors
Seung Woo Lee, Betar M. Gallant, Hye Ryung Byon, Paula T. Hammond and Yang Shao-Horn
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00642D
Design criteria for electrochemical shock resistant battery electrodes
William H Woodford, W. Craig Carter and Yet-Ming Chiang
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21874G
To draw an air electrode of a Li–air battery by pencil
Yonggang Wang and Haoshen Zhou
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00759E
Assembling carbon-coated α-Fe2O3 hollow nanohorns on the CNT backbone for superior lithium storage capability
Zhiyu Wang, Deyan Luan, Srinivasan Madhavi, Yong Hu and Xiong Wen (David) Lou
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02831F
Mesoporous TiO2 with high packing density for superior lithium storage
Kuppan Saravanan, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan and Palani Balaya
DOI: 10.1039/C003630G
Flexible energy storage devices based on graphene paper
Hyeokjo Gwon, Hyun-Suk Kim, Kye Ung Lee, Dong-Hwa Seo, Yun Chang Park, Yun-Sung Lee, Byung Tae Ahn and Kisuk Kang
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00640H
Microscale spherical carbon-coated Li4Ti5O12 as ultra high power anode material for lithium batteries
Hun-Gi Jung, Seung-Taek Myung, Chong Seung Yoon, Seoung-Bum Son, Kyu Hwan Oh, Khalil Amine, Bruno Scrosati and Yang-Kook Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00620C
High performance Ge nanowire anode sheathed with carbon for lithium rechargeable batteries
Min-Ho Seo, Mihee Park, Kyu Tae Lee, Kitae Kim, Jeyoung Kim and Jaephil Cho
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00552E
The discharge rate capability of rechargeable Li–O2 batteries
Yi-Chun Lu, David G. Kwabi, Koffi P. C. Yao, Jonathon R. Harding, Jigang Zhou, Lucia Zuin and Yang Shao-Horn
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01500A
Reviews and Analysis
Lithium-ion batteries. A look into the future
Bruno Scrosati, Jusef Hassoun and Yang-Kook Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01388B
Challenges in the development of advanced Li-ion batteries: a review
Vinodkumar Etacheri, Rotem Marom, Ran Elazari, Gregory Salitra and Doron Aurbach
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01598B
Thermodynamic analysis on energy densities of batteries
Chen-Xi Zu and Hong Li
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00777C
Na-ion batteries, recent advances and present challenges to become low cost energy storage systems
Verónica Palomares, Paula Serras, Irune Villaluenga, Karina B. Hueso, Javier Carretero-González and Teófilo Rojo
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02781J
Olivine LiFePO4: development and future
Yonggang Wang, Ping He and Haoshen Zhou
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00176G
Multi-electron reaction materials for high energy density batteries
Xue-Ping Gao and Han-Xi Yang
DOI: 10.1039/B916098A
Better lithium-ion batteries with nanocable-like electrode materials
Fei-Fei Cao, Yu-Guo Guo and Li-Jun Wan
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00583E
Nanostructured silicon for high capacity lithium battery anodes
Jeannine R. Szczech and Song Jin
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00281J
In situ TEM electrochemistry of anode materials in lithium ion batteries
Xiao Hua Liu and Jian Yu Huang
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01918J
Promising vanadium oxide and hydroxide nanostructures: from energy storage to energy saving
Changzheng Wu and Yi Xie
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00026D
Recent developments in nanostructured anode materials for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
Liwen Ji, Zhan Lin, Mataz Alcoutlabi and Xiangwu Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00699H
Prospective materials and applications for Li secondary batteries
Goojin Jeong, Young-Ugk Kim, Hansu Kim, Young-Jun Kim and Hun-Joon Sohn
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00831A
Understanding and recent development of carbon coating on LiFePO4 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Jiajun Wang and Xueliang Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01263K
Ion exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow battery (VRB) applications
Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, Zhensheng Mai, Hongzhang Zhang and Ivo Vankelecom
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00770F
Original research
Triple-coaxial electrospun amorphous carbon nanotubes with hollow graphitic carbon nanospheres for high-performance Li ion batteries
Limin Zhou, Yu-ming Chen, Zhou-Guang Lu, Yiu-Wing Mai and Haitao Huang
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22085G
A tubular polypyrrole based air electrode with improved O2 diffusivity for Li-O2 batteries
Yanming Cui, Zhaoyin Wen, Xiao Liang, Yan Lu, Jun Jin, Meifen Wu and Xiangwei Wu
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21638H
Porous LiMn2O4 as cathode material with high power and excellent cycling for aqueous rechargeable lithium batteries
Qunting Qu, Lijun Fu, Xiaoyun Zhan, Dominik Samuelis, Joachim Maier, Lei Li, Shu Tian, Zhaohui Li and Yuping Wu
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00673D
Superior radical polymer cathode material with a two-electron process redox reaction promoted by graphene
Wei Guo, Ya-Xia Yin, Sen Xin, Yu-Guo Guo and Li-Jun Wan
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02148F
Living battery – biofuel cells operating in vivo in clams
Alon Szczupak, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, Vera Bocharova, Lital Alfonta and Evgeny Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21626D
Investigation on the fire-induced hazards of Li-ion battery cells by fire calorimetry
Perrine Ribière, Sylvie Grugeon, Mathieu Morcrette, Simeon Boyanov, Stéphane Laruelle and Guy Marlair
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02218K
Electricity storage for intermittent renewable sources
Jason Rugolo and Michael J. Aziz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE02542F
Two dimensional graphene–SnS2 hybrids with superior rate capability for lithium ion storage
Bin Luo, Yan Fang, Bin Wang, Jisheng Zhou, Huaihe Song and Linjie Zhi
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02800F
Morphosynthesis of a hierarchical MoO2 nanoarchitecture as a binder-free anode for lithium-ion batteries
Yongming Sun, Xianluo Hu, Jimmy C. Yu, Quan Li, Wei Luo, Lixia Yuan, Wuxing Zhang and Yunhui Huang
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01189H
All-carbon-nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li–O2 batteries
Robert R. Mitchell, Betar M. Gallant, Carl V. Thompson and Yang Shao-Horn
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01496J
Energy storage studies of bare and doped vanadium pentoxide, (V1.95M0.05)O5, M = Nb, Ta, for lithium ion batteries
A. Sakunthala, M. V. Reddy, S. Selvasekarapandian, B. V. R. Chowdari and P. Christopher Selvin
DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00513D
