Innovations in Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7 - Affordable and clean energy, and SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure.
The transition to renewable energy has intensified the need for scalable and sustainable storage systems. While lithium‑ion batteries (LIBs) dominate the market, limited lithium resources and rising costs have accelerated interest in alternatives. Sodium‑ion batteries (SIBs) offer a promising low‑cost option due to sodium’s abundance and widespread availability, and they operate through a similar intercalation mechanism, allowing researchers to build on knowledge established from LIBs. These advantages, along with lower environmental impact and excellent thermal stability, make SIBs increasingly attractive for large‑scale energy storage and low‑range electric vehicles. Current research focuses on improving energy density, cycle stability, and ion‑transport kinetics to enhance competitiveness with LIBs.
This Collection brings together recent advances in sodium-based battery materials. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Innovations in anode and cathode materials
- Electrolyte and cell‑design development
- Advanced hard carbons
- Sustainable materials
- Artificial Intelligence-driven optimization
- Recycling technologies
We welcome the submission of any paper related to sodium-ion batteries.
Communications Materials will consider original Articles, Reviews and Perspectives.
To submit your manuscript for consideration at Communications Materials as part of this Collection, please use this link to our manuscript submission system and select the "Innovations in Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries" Collection from the alphabetical list on the “c) Subjects and Techniques” tab when completing manuscript information.
Please also state in the cover letter that you would like the paper to be considered for the Collection. Papers submitted to the Collection will be assessed according to the journal's usual selection criteria, which includes editorial screening for advance and peer review (see here for details).
The Collection will publish original research papers, Reviews, and Perspectives (full details on content types can be found here). Accepted papers will be published in Communications Materials straight away and then collected together and promoted on the Collection homepage. The deadline for submissions is 12 November 2026, though papers submitted after this date will be considered.
