Scientists have categorized conductive polymers as materials having strongly reversible
redox behavior and uncommon combined features of plastics and metal. Because of their …

There is a growing demand for energy storage, for intermittent renewable energy such as
solar and wind power, for transportation, and for the myriad portable electronic devices. By …

The heating effect of microwaves was accidentally discovered in 1945 by Percy LeBaron
Spencer, an American engineer and inventor, at the Raytheon Co. While working on radar …

Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have become one of the most prevailing techniques for
rechargeable batteries. Lithium transition metal oxides are prevalent cathode materials …

Lithium‐ion batteries are regarded as promising energy storage devices for next‐generation
electric and hybrid electric vehicles. In order to meet the demands of electric vehicles …

Positive electrodes for Li-ion and lithium batteries (also termed “cathodes”) have been under
intense scrutiny since the advent of the Li-ion cell in 1991. This is especially true in the past …

Rechargeable lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries hold great potential for next-generation high-
performance energy storage systems because of their high theoretical specific energy, low …

This Feature Article gives an overview of microwave-assisted liquid phase routes to
inorganic nanomaterials. Whereas microwave chemistry is a well-established technique in …

LiFePO4 has been considered a promising battery material in electric vehicles. However,
there are still a number of technical challenges to overcome before its wide-spread …

The urgency for clean and secure energy has stimulated a global resurgence in searching
for advanced electrical energy storage systems. For now and the foreseeable future …