Haoshen Zhouabc
aNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. E-mail: hs.zhou@aist.go.jp
bNanjing University, China
cThe University of Tokyo, Japan
In this themed issue, recent research progress in non-aqueous lithium–oxygen/air, all solid state lithium–air, sodium–oxygen/air, sodium-ion, magnesium-ion, lithium metal anode and organic electrode batteries is reviewed and commented on with possible development directions as post lithium ion batteries. Moreover, some research articles presenting new findings and interesting results in this field are also included. I hope that this themed issue will provide our broad readers the latest research status and development direction for postlithium-ion batteries, and stimulate great interest in innovative post lithium-ion batteries for a sustainable low carbon society.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all of the authors for submitting their high quality manuscripts, and to the referees for their careful reviewing. I would also like to thank my co-guest editors Prof. Peter G. Bruce at the University of St. Andrews and Prof. Yang Shao-Horn at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr Heather Montgomery, Dr Tanya Smekal, Dr Philip Earis and their colleagues at the RSC office for publication of this themed issue “Post-lithium Ion Batteries” in Energy & Environmental Science.
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