Thin Films for Environmental Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 6550
Special Issue Editors
Interests: magnetron sputtering; functional films; photocatalysis; antimicrobial coatings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences, entitled “Thin Films for Environmental Applications”. Thin films and engineered surfaces have a huge potential to both limit the production of pollutants and to mitigate against the effects of existing environmental contamination and greenhouse gases. This Special Issue aims to cover recent trends and the latest research advances in the field of thin film production, characterization, and application to such aspects as environmental remediation, clean manufacturing, and green energy production.
In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Photocatalytic/catalytic thin films for depollution and disinfection;
- Energy storage materials;
- Thin films for H2 production by water splitting;
- Graphene and graphene-based materials;
- Thin films for solar cells/fuel cells;
- Thin films for environmental sensors;
- Bioinspired thin films;
- Thin films for membranes and filters;
- Thin films for self-cleaning and anti-fouling surfaces;
- Advances in environmentally friendly methods of thin film production.
Dr. Glen West
Dr. Marina Ratova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thin films
- environmental remediation
- clean manufacturing
- green energy
- photocatalysis
