D1: Advanced Energy Materials
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
The increasing energy demand due to growing global population and the critical relationship between Energy, environment and sustainability lead to novel discoveries and advancement in the field of Energy Materials in search of alternative resources. Energy materials is making ground breaking developments in the science of materials innovation and production. The major significance of Energy helps in strengthening the research and advancement of materials for energy applications. The universal emphasis on energy is to develop materials for energy generation, low energy processing, energy conservation and conversion to meet the increasing energy demand. Download Section Flyer
Advancing our science and technology, from fundamental breakthroughs in materials and chemistry to improving manufacturing processes, is critical to our energy future. These advances will require a new generation of advanced materials, including
- Energy and Power Materials
- Energy Storage
- Batteries, such as Lithium-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, Zinc-ion batteries, Aluminum-ion battery, metal-air batteries, aqueous batteries and more
- Electrolytes and electrode materials for solar cells/batteries/supercapacitors
- Electrochemical capacities
- Energy Conversion
- Semiconducting materials for solar or photovoltaic cells, such as perovskite materials, polymer materials, dye-sensitized materials, QDs silicon-based materials, hybrid materials, and more
- Magnetocalorics, Piezoelectronics, Thermoelectrics, Photoelectrochemical, Photosensitive materials and devices
- Power-to-fuels and fuel cells
- Microturbines
- Waste heat recovery
- Water splitting and photocatalysis
- Electric Propulsion Components
- Energy Dissipation
- Energy Sources, such as fossil fuels, nuclear and more
- Energy Storage
- Structural and Multifunctional Materials
- Propulsion
- Batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles
- Thermal insulation material
- EM and acoustic energy wave management
- Electronic and Photonic Materials
- Power electronic components, RF switching
- High power lasers, inorganic optical limiters (laser eye)
- Microreactors for compact power
- Functional Organic and Hybrid Materials
- Fuel cell membranes
- Metal-organic catalysts
- Molecular/macromolecular magnets
- Bioderived and Bioinspired Materials
- Catalysis
- Biomass and Biofuel production
- Biomimetic kinetic energy protection
- Energy conversion, photosynthesis
- Bioinspired battery and fuel cell devices
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Broad-Spectrum Functional Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 10 June 2026)
- Advanced Materials for Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 10 July 2026)
- Advanced Green Catalysts for Fuel and Energy Conversion (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Porous Functional Structures for Hydrogen Energy and Carbon Capture and Conversion (Deadline: 25 July 2026)
- Advances in Materials for Electrochemical Energy Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 July 2026)
- Electrochemical Interfacial Analysis and Computational Simulation of Advanced Energy Materials (Deadline: 10 August 2026)
- Advanced Energy Materials: Innovations and Challenges (Deadline: 25 August 2026)
- Functional Materials for Advanced Energy Applications (Deadline: 25 August 2026)
- Advances in Energy and Electronic Materials (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Applied Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Sustainable Development of Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Fuels and Environmental Protection (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Advanced Materials Solutions for New Energy (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- New Carbon Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Energy, Engineering and Materials 2024 (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
