Green Chemistry, Journal of Material Chemistry A, Sustainable Energy & Fuels and RSC Sustainability are delighted to announce that our latest cross journal themed collection on Green and Sustainable Batteries is now online and free to access until the end of January, 2026.
Guest Edited by Magda Titirici (Imperial College London), Rebeca Marcilla (IMDEA Energy Institute), Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo (Institute of Carboquimica ICB-CSIC) and Theresa Schoetz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
About this Themed Collection
This themed collection showcases cutting-edge research, advancements, and remaining challenges in realising the holy grail of batteries: sustainable batteries that balance performance, cost and environmental sustainability. The collection uncovers new research opportunities in this field by featuring multidisciplinary research on alternative battery chemistries, sustainable electrolytes, sustainability assessment (including assessing materials criticality and its environmental impact), battery recycling, electrodes manufacturing for improved performance, understanding and preventing degradation and improving life time, design for disassembly and technoeconomic assessment among other topics closely fitting to the sustainable battery topic.
Read the Editorial: Introduction to green and sustainable batteries
The collection includes:
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Recent advances in bifunctional carbon-based single-atom electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries
Green Chem., 2025, 27, 293-324 DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04687K |
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A holistic review on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electrolytes to electrodes
Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 31685-31716 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA04976D |
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Non-woven pitch-based carbon fiber electrodes for low-cost redox flow battery
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 198-207 DOI: 10.1039/D4SE01124D |
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From waste to power: utilizing barley husk as a sustainable anode active material alternative to graphite in lithium-ion batteries
RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 2915-2926 DOI: 10.1039/D5SU00254K |
Read the Collection: rsc.li/Batteries24
We hope you enjoy reading the articles in this collection.
