Functional Coatings for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy storage and conversion techniques in electrochemistry have been a hot topic over the past few decades, including batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and electrolyzers. Many attempts to improve the application prospect of these devices involve the regulation or construction of the surface and interface by functional coatings. Various materials and techniques have been developed to fabricate modified surfaces and interfaces and enhance the electrochemical properties, and the multiphysics characterization techniques have been advanced. This Special Issue of Coatings aims to present the most recent advances in synthesis techniques and fundamental issues for the development of functional coatings and fabrication technology, as well as the material characterizations and trends in their applications. We kindly invite colleagues to submit original papers to this Special Issue.
This Special Issue intends to highlight the recent and most advanced investigations in coating fabrication techniques, structure characterization, and their applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The synthesis and modification techniques of functional coatings, including atomic layer deposition (ALD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), spin coating, dip coating, spray coating, etc.
- Functional coatings applied for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, including in batteries, supercapacitors, electrolyzers, etc.
- Surface and interface regulation and construction strategies for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by functional coatings, including in situ and ex situ coatings for electrodes, membranes, and solid electrolyte interfaces.
Dr. Chunfeng Meng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional coatings
- energy storage
- electrochemistry
- surface modification technology
- surface and interface
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