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 Conversation
- 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:
- Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Functional Materials for Sustainability and Energy Applications (Deadline: 19 August 2022)
- Energy Storage/Conversion Materials: Fundamentals and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Flexoelectric Effect in Dielectric Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Recent Advancement in Sustainable Energy Harvesting Devices Using Piezoelectric Materials (Deadline: 6 October 2022)
- Advanced Materials Research in Energy System (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Advances in Energy Materials and Clean Energy Technologies (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Advanced and Multifunctional Materials for Energy Storage Systems (Deadline: 25 October 2022)
- Sensors Based on Nanomaterials in Energy Internet (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 2022 (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Materials and Energy in Negative and Neutral Carbon Society (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Photovoltaics and Energy-Storage Applications (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Nanoelectronic Materials: Fundamentals and Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Advanced Energy Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Systems (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Rooftop Photovoltaic Electrification for Residential Buildings, Energy Material Development and Characterization (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Composite Phase Change Materials (cPCMs) for Thermal Management Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Applications (Deadline: 21 November 2022)
- Advances in Nanofluids for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications (Deadline: 21 November 2022)
- New Research and Application of Advanced Composite Materials in Energy Applications (Deadline: 28 November 2022)
- Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications (Deadline: 28 November 2022)
- Energy Conversion and Flexible Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Second-Life Battery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Advanced Thermoelectric Functional Materials for Energy Conversion (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Application of Advanced Energy Materials in Building Heat Transfer System (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Estimation of the State-of-Charge and State-of-Health of Lithium-Ion Batteries (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Ionic Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Emerging Materials for Energy Catalysis (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- New Frontiers in Energy Conversion Materials and Systems for Photovoltaic Cells (Deadline: 23 January 2023)
- Wide Bandgap Optoelectronic Materials and Devices: Prospects and Challenges (Deadline: 27 January 2023)
- High Temperature Electrolysis (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Low-Carbon Energy Systems: Recent Engineering Materials and Technologies (Deadline: 15 February 2023)
- Electrochemical Energy Storage: Recent Advances in the Development of Li/Na Ion Batteries (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Novel Materials and Advanced Characterization for Energy Storage and Conversion (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Recent Advances in Water Electrolysis (Deadline: 24 February 2023)
- Critical and Raw Materials in Power Plant Wastes (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Materials for the Renewable Technologies: Challenges, Opportunities and Recent Advances (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Application of Composite Materials for Energy Storage and Generation (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: