Editorial: Material and Structural Designs for Metal Ion Energy Storage Devices.

Abstract

Driven by the increasing demand for portable electronics, grid-scale storage, and electric vehicles, 22 the intensive research of electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices with high performance, cost-23 efficient and environmental friendliness has always been at the forefront of energy science and 24 technology. Rechargeable metal-ion energy storage devices are considered to be the promising 25 candidates for sustainable large smart grids and renewable electrochemical energy storage 26 technologies owing to their high specific energy density, affordable cost, and long charge/discharge 27 cycle life. The electrochemical properties and performance of these devices are intimately dependent 28 on the physicochemical nature of their electrode materials, the critical component of an energy Overall, we thank all the authors for their meaningful work and would also like to thank all the 99 reviewers for their insightful suggestions and constructive comments. It is hoped that this special 100 issue will stimulate future research on the discovery and design of novel electrodes and drive the 101 intensive ongoing development of high-energy-density rechargeable energy storage devices. We 102 anticipate that these endeavors will pave a way for achieving green growth and stainable 103 development. 104FZ: writing and review. YD, JZ, PX, PW and HL: co-drafting and editing. All authors have made a 106 substantial, direct and intellectual contribution and approved the submitted version.