Editorial: The challenge towards more sustainable lithium ion batteries: from their recycling, recovery and reuse to the opportunities offered by novel materials and cell design

One of most successful outcomes of the modern applied scientific research in the domain of our energy system transformation are lithium ion batteries (LIBs), efficient everyday components of goods designed to store energy and make it available on request. These electrochemical devices offer high modularity and scalability in terms of power and energy capacity and represent today a fundamental technology to support the energy transition required to reduce the emissions from fossil fuels. The present Research Topic has aimed at collecting some of the more recent efforts facing some thorny issues LIBs still suffer from.