Perovskites for Energy Storage Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Perovskite materials are increasing their importance in the energy sector. The use of piezoelectric perovskites for energy harvesting, for example, was the subject of intensive research in the past twenty years. The use of perovskites for energy storage is so far however limited to applications involving quick discharge, rather than long-term energy supply. In fact, despite having high power density, ferroelectric perovskites have a very low recoverable energy density due to losses induced by ferroelectric domain reorientation. However, in recent years it became evident that chemical substitution aiming to break down the ferroelectric long-range order is beneficial in enhancing the recoverable energy density. The transition from bulk ceramic to thin-film systems was also deemed useful to enhance energy density by improving the dielectric breakdown strength.

This Special Issue targets all new developments in perovskite materials with the goal of using them as long-term energy supply. Contributions are welcome in the field of chemically substituted perovskites, both lead-free and lead-based, with relaxor, antiferroelectric, and diffuse phase transition behavior. Articles can address new compositions, processing methods (bulk ceramic, thick film, and thin film), multiscale characterization procedures, and applications. We specifically welcome papers including computational procedures for the design of new compositions (e.g., data-driven materials design) or for the interpretation of structure–property relationships evinced from experimental data (e.g., atomistic modelling). Applications could range from energy supply to microelectronic devices like autonomous sensors (e.g., energy storage devices in combination with energy harvesting modules), to capacitors for the stabilization of currents in grid applications or electric vehicles (i.e., power electronics).

I kindly invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. We accept full papers, short communications, and reviews.

Dr. Marco Deluca
Guest Editor

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• relaxor perovskites
• antiferroelectric perovskites
• recoverable energy density
• thick- and thin-film processing
• multiscale characterization methods
• data-driven materials design
• atomistic modelling