Advanced Ceramics for Energy Application
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 8522
Special Issue Editor
Interests: high-entropy oxides; ceria-based materials; wet chemical synthesis; advanced ceramics for energy-related applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the last few decades, and particularly due to the ever-growing interest towards the effects of climate change onto our society, the energy crisis has reached an alarming attention peak from both politicians and scientific communities. The energy crisis can be shortly defined as the concern that the world’s limited natural resources that are used to power an industrial society are diminishing as demand rises, thus causing in the near future a shortfall of energy for entire populations. In this scenario, Materials Science will play a crucial role in the forthcoming years, strongly influencing all the energy-related technologies (i.e., both for energy storage and energy production) currently under development for our future “carbon-free” society.
Therefore, the discovery of new materials and/or of new/unexpected properties in the existing ones creates exciting research opportunities and possible novel technological breakthroughs. In fact, the identification and engineering of new materials, with improved properties, lower production costs, lower environmental impact, and/or higher environmental compatibility are crucial for further developments of the next generation of energy-related technologies.
Dr. Luca Spiridigliozzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Advanced/functional ceramics
- Fuel cells
- Energy storage
- Hydrogen production/storage
- Carbon capture/storage
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