This Special Issue will highlight ongoing advances in understanding the crystallographic and structural behavior of battery materials as a critical component in advancing energy storage technologies. Submit your manuscript by October 31, 2026.
Understanding the crystallographic and structural behavior of battery materials has emerged as a critical component in advancing energy storage technologies. With the increasing demand for batteries with higher performance, safety, and sustainability, crystal structure design, defect engineering, and phase evolution analysis are playing an increasingly central role in battery development.
To address this evolving field, we are organizing a Special Issue in Crystal Growth & Design to showcase the latest advances in the structure–property relationship of battery materials. This Special Issue aims to highlight cutting-edge experimental and theoretical insights into the role of crystallographic structure in charge storage, transport mechanisms, stability, and reversibility in battery systems. We hope this collection will serve as a timely platform for disseminating impactful research and fostering interdisciplinary collaborations between crystallographers, chemists, and energy scientists.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Electrode Crystal Structures Phase Transitions
- Metastable Structures
- In Situ Characterization
- Operando Techniques
- Defect Chemistry
- Ion Transport Pathways
- Interfacial Structures
- Solid-Solid Interfaces
- Solid-Liquid Interfaces
- Structural Degradation
- Failure Mechanisms
- Self-Healing Behavior
- Crystal Engineering Strategies
- Solid-State Batteries
- First-Principles Modelling
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Organizing Editors
Prof. Guanjie He, Guest Editor
University College London, UK
Prof. Yang Xu, Guest Editor
University College London, UK
Prof. Claire Carmalt, Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design
University College London, UK
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through October 31, 2026. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include research articles, perspectives, and reviews. Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select your manuscript type; upload your manuscript and related files.
- Review the title and abstract fields to ensure any pre-populated information has uploaded correctly.
- Under "Special Issue Selection," select Structural Aspects of Battery Materials.
- Confirm all other information has uploaded correctly.
- Submit your article.
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact editorial office (steed-office@crystal.acs.org).
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