Advanced Electroceramics for Energy Conversion, Storage and Harvesting

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced electroceramics have attracted a large amount of attention and been studied extensively by both academic and industrial researchers due to their unique and diverse functional properties. These inorganic crystalline materials, including but not limited to piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, energy storage, energy harvesting, microwaves, ionic conductors, and thermoelectrics, are capable of energy conversion in different aspects, e.g., electricity, mechanical load, heat, and so on.

The concept of “processing–structure–property” has played a dominant role in the optimization of functional performance for advanced electroceramics. The crystal structure of inorganic materials can be modified through the appropriate chemical dopants, intrinsically influencing electrical or mechanical performance. Meanwhile, advanced processing techniques with precise control involved during fabrication of electroceramic materials and devices are equally important to deliver a promising performance.

This Special Issue aims to cover all the relevant aspects of advanced electroceramics for piezoelectric, ferroelectric, energy storage, energy harvesting, microwave, ionic conductor, and thermoelectric materials. Additionally,, advanced processing techniques, for example, cold sintering, spark plasma sintering and tape casting, coupled with advanced structural characterizations, for example, synchrotron x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, will also be covered.

Therefore, the issue welcomes original research and review manuscripts on the following main aspects:

Piezoelectric ceramics

Ferroelectric ceramics

Energy storage dielectric ceramics

Energy harvesting ceramics

Microwave dielectric ceramics

Ionic conductors

Thermoelectric ceramics

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Transmission electron microscopy

Tape casting

Cold sintering

Spark plasma sintering

Theoretical study with DFT and first principle calculations

Dr. Dawei Wang
Dr. Ge Wang
Dr. Zhilun Lu
Dr. Zhongming Fan
Dr. Weigang Yang
Prof. Dr. Francisco M. Morales
Dr. Vladislav V. Kharton
Guest Editors

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