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Prof. Dr. Sambhaji S. Shinde
Email: drshinde@hanyang.ac.kr
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea
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Research Interests: metal-air batteries; Li-metal batteries; electrocatalysts; electrochemical kinetics; liquid and solid electrolytes for secondary batteries; cathode materials; metal anodes
Summary
Battery technologies have been concentrated on enhancing the electrochemical performances and addressing their specific challenges, such as high energy, power, long-term cycle life, faster rate capacities without conceding the lifespan, safety (thermal runaway), dendrites, and electrolyte depletion, flexibility under harsh operating conditions, cost-effectiveness, and materials readiness, and sustainability to diminish conservational influences.
The polymers/hydrogels are the promising alternative materials to address these challenges (i.e., battery safety, stability, performance, scalability, and versatility). It is a flexible, polymeric 3D network structure with superior electrochemical kinetics, higher capacity, and tunable mechanical properties (tensile strength and Young's Modulus). Further, it is non-toxic, easy to fabricate pristine single-ion conductors or composite electrolytes that play an important role in metal-ion or metal-air batteries or fuel cells. This special issue highlights the new prospects of polymer/hydrogel electrolytes or anodes/cathodes for next-generation battery technologies.
The topics of this Special Issue include the development of polymers/hydrogels for secondary next-generation batteries.
· polymer/composite materials for electrolytes;
· hydrogel/composite materials for electrolytes;
· electrochemical kinetics;
· interface engineering;
· polymeric materials for anodes/cathodes for metal-ion, metal-air, and organic batteries;
· recyclable polymer materials;
· biomaterials;
· binders/separators;
· anode and cathode composites.
Keywords
polymer and composite electrolytes; organogels/organohydrogels, hydrogels; metal-air batteries; Li-metal batteries; electrochemical kinetics, polymeric anode/cathode composite materials; binders/separators; biomaterials; interface engineering
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