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August 2010 | Focus Issue on Materials for Electrical Energy Storage

August 2010 | Focus Issue on Materials for Electrical Energy Storage Image

Electricity, which can be generated in a variety of ways, offers great potential for meeting future demands for clean and efficient energy sources. However, the use of electricity generated from renewable sources, such as wind or sunlight, requires efficient electrical energy storage. Journal of Materials Research will publish a special focus issue in August 2010 to present new developments in materials for batteries and supercapacitors, with a focus on both the fundamental materials science and potential energy storage applications.

This focus issue will cover the latest material developments for batteries, advanced capacitors, and related technologies, addressing new or emerging materials science challenges. New solutions for the efficient storage and release of electrical energy will be specifically targeted. Highlighted areas will include novel materials for electrodes, solid electrolytes, current collectors, and separators. Research reports and review papers are solicited on various carbons (templated, activated, and carbide-derived porous carbons; onion-like carbon; nanotubes; fibers; etc.), metal oxides for batteries and pseudo-capacitors, as well as polymers used as electrolytes or separators. Theory and modeling papers will be considered as well.

Manuscript Submission

To be considered for this issue, new and previously unpublished results significant to the development of this field should be presented. The manuscripts were required to be submitted via the JMR electronic submission system by Jan. 15, 2010. Manuscripts submitted after this deadline will not be considered for the issue due to time constraints on the review process. All manuscripts will be reviewed in a normal but expedited fashion. Papers submitted by the deadline and subsequently accepted will be published in the Focus Issue. Other manuscripts that are acceptable but cannot be included in the issue will be scheduled for publication in a subsequent issue of JMR.

Contributed papers are solicited in the following areas:

  • Materials for capacitive energy storage
  • New materials for electrical double-layer capacitors
  • Materials for pseudo-capacitors
  • Materials for chemical energy storage
  • Materials for Li ion batteries
  • Stability and degradation of electrical energy storage devices
  • Modeling and simulation of materials for batteries and supercapacitors
  • Nanotubes and nanowires for electrical energy storage applications
  • New electrolytes
  • Electrodes and separators
  • Interfaces in energy storage devices
  • In situ studies of charge-discharge processes

Guest Editors:

Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA
M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University, USA

Principal Editors:

John R. Miller, JME, Inc., USA
Katsuhiko Naoi, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan
Yang Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Bruno Scrosati, University of Rome, Italy

Please contact jmr@mrs.org with questions.