Title of article :
Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials Explored by AdvancedScanning Techniques
Author/Authors :
Shao, Huaiyu Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering (IAPME) - University of Macau, Macau , Li, Hai-Wen Kyushu University - Fukuoka, Japan , Cheng, Ya-Jun University of Oxford - Oxford, UK , Lin, Huaijun Jinan University - Guangzhou, China , He, Liqing Southern University of Science and Technology - Shenzhen, China
Abstract :
Energystorage,whichiscapturingandstoringenergyproducedatonetimeand/oratacertainplaceforuseatalatertimeand/orotherlocations,isoneofthemostcriticalissuesforhumansocietytorealizesustainability.Develop-mentofnext-generationenergystoragematerialsisoneofthehottestresearchtopicsinthematerialssciencefield.Inrecentdecades,advancedscanningtechniquesincludingSEM,TEM,AFM,STMs,andRamanspectroscopyhavebeenabundantlyemployedinobservingmorphologies,charac-terizingmicrostructures,andidentifyingspecificphysicalandchemicalpropertiesinordertodesigninnovativematerialswithcontrollablestructures,understandthefor-mationmechanisms,clarifythecatalyticmechanisms,andelucidatetheeffectofdesignedparametersonenergystorageproperties[1].Theaimofthisspecialissueistopublishhigh-qualityresearchpapersaswellasprovideacomprehensivereviewaddressingthelatestandstate-of-the-arttopicsfromactiveresearchersinthefieldofenergystoragematerials.Thisspecialissuecontains1oresearchpapersand1reviewpaperrepresentingsomeofthelatestresearchinenergystoragematerialsexploredbyadvancedscanningtechniques.
Keywords :
Next-Generation , Energy Storage Materials Explored , Advanced Scanning Techniques , SEM , TEM , AFM , STMs
