Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies & Materials
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials, Devices and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2027 | Viewed by 5
Editors
Interests: heat pipes; loop heat pipes; phase change materials; energy storage technologies; passive cooling methods
Interests: loop heat pipes; phase change materials; energy storage technologies; passive cooling methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The MDPI Electronics topic on efficient energy harvesting and storage technologies focuses on the growing need for sustainable power systems that can reduce dependence on fossil fuels and support modern electronic applications. Energy harvesting involves collecting energy from the surrounding environment, such as solar radiation, wind, vibration, thermal gradients, or other renewable sources, and converting it into usable electrical energy. This field is especially important because many modern technologies, including portable electronics, wireless communication systems, electric transportation, smart medical devices, and sensor networks, require reliable and efficient power supplies.
A central theme of the journal topic is that energy harvesting alone is not sufficient, because renewable energy sources are often intermittent and unpredictable. Therefore, efficient energy storage systems are essential for storing harvested energy and delivering it when needed. Storage technologies such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and other advanced devices play a key role in improving grid stability, peak-power management, voltage regulation, and the continuous operation of electronic systems.
The topic also highlights the importance of materials science in improving both energy conversion and storage performance. Advanced materials, including nanomaterials, flexible and organic materials, carbon-based materials, photovoltaic materials, catalysts, and micro/nanoscale storage materials, are crucial for increasing efficiency, durability, scalability, and system integration. Research in this area aims to design materials with better electrical, mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties.
Overall, the MDPI journal topic presents energy harvesting and storage as an interdisciplinary field combining electronics, renewable energy, materials engineering, and power systems. Its main goal is to support the development of cleaner, more efficient, and more reliable energy technologies for future electronic devices, smart grids, electric vehicles, and sustainable infrastructure.
Dr. Paweł Szymański
Dr. Paweł Ziółkowski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phase change materials
- energy storage
- passive cooling systems
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