Chapter 6: Metallic Foams for Modern Battery Applications
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Published:20 Dec 2024
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Special Collection: 2024 eBook Collection
Transition Metal-based Nanofoams for Electrochemical Systems
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Modern batteries, particularly lead acid and lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as well as the emerging sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), are key technologies for energy storage. These technologies are crucial for establishing solutions to store energy across a wide range of applications, leading to frenetic research on strategies to increase their energy storage capacity and power performance. The use of lighter materials and nanostructured architectures is recognized as essential for enhancing battery performance and final metrics. Thus, the use of metallic foams in electrode design is now established as an interesting pathway to enhance battery performance. The application of metallic foams as current collectors has been widely reported as a solution to achieve high energy and power densities and to extend battery lifetime. This chapter provides an overview of the most recent trends in the application of metallic foams in the development of electrodes for modern batteries, discussing the latest advances and highlighting the advantages of these materials.