Recent Research on Piezoelectric and Thermoelectric Materials and Their Devices
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Energy Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editors
Interests: piezoelectric material; thermoelectric material; structural, electronic, and thermal properties; scanning probe microscopy
Interests: thermoelectrics; electrical conductivity; ferroelectrics; capacitors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Piezoelectric and thermoelectric materials are prominent factors in the development of sustainable, energy-efficient technologies. Their ability to convert mechanical and thermal energy into electrical energy has enabled a wide range of applications, including energy harvesting, cooling, wearable electronics, sensing, and actuation. This Special Issue, “Recent Research on Piezoelectric and Thermoelectric Materials and Their Devices”, aims to bring together recent developments in materials design, synthesis approaches, characterizations, theoretical modeling, device fabrication, and application-driven innovations in the exciting field of piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. We welcome original research and review articles that cover fundamental studies, material optimization, nanostructuring, characterizations, development of devices, theoretical, and computational studies.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Piezoelectric materials and devices: Development and characterization of various kinds of piezoelectric materials, like 2D materials, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc., and device-level studies including sensors, actuators, and nanogenerators.
- Thermoelectric materials and devices: Designing and synthesis of new materials using various approaches like alloying, doping, nano-structuring, band engineering, etc. Various synthesis approaches and their optimization, device development, and challenges, like parasitic losses, stability, contact materials, etc.
- Theoretical and computational approaches: Modeling of charge and heat transport, multiscale simulations, and density functional theory (DFT) studies for piezoelectric and thermoelectric fields.
Dr. Ajay Kumar Verma
Dr. Zhilun Lu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- piezoelectric
- piezoelectric coefficient
- sensing materials, thermoelectric
- seebeck coefficient
- energy materials
- electronic transport
- thermal conductivity
- efficiency
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