Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Sustainable Energy Harvesting Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy harvesting; nanocompsoites; design of sensors and sensors systems; impedance spectroscopy
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2. Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa (FSGF), University of Gafsa, Gafsa 2112, Tunisia
Interests: piezoelectric energy; nanogenerators; nanocomposites; energy harvesting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The escalating global energy crisis and environmental pollution urgently necessitate innovative solutions for clean, sustainable energy. Energy harvesting—the process by which energy is derived from external sources such as solar power, thermal gradients, wind, vibrations, and electromagnetic fields—offers a promising pathway forward. Nanomaterials have emerged as transformative elements in energy harvesting technologies. Their unique properties at the nanoscale enable remarkable improvements in device performance while addressing critical challenges of scalability, flexibility, and environmental impact. Nanomaterials have revolutionized mechanical energy harvesting through advanced piezoelectric and triboelectric systems. Notably, they have facilitated significant progress in magnetoelectric energy harvesters, which utilize coupling between magnetic and electric properties at the nanoscale to convert magnetic field variations into electrical energy with unprecedented efficiency. In thermoelectric applications, nanostructured materials demonstrate substantially increased conversion efficiency by precisely tailoring thermoelectric properties. Perhaps most significantly, nanomaterials have transformed photovoltaic technologies through enhanced light absorption, charge separation, and mobility, with breakthrough innovations including quantum dot solar cells, perovskite nanomaterials, and plasmonic nanoparticles.
This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge research on sustainable synthesis techniques, eco-friendly nanomaterials, and their applications in energy harvesting systems. We invite researchers to contribute original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and perspective papers that explore innovative nanomaterial-based approaches to energy harvesting challenges.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel nanomaterials for photovoltaic applications;
- Thermoelectric nanomaterials and devices;
- Piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators;
- Magnetoelectric energy harvesters and multiferroic materials;
- Nanomaterial-enhanced energy storage integration;
- Hybrid nanomaterial systems for multi-source harvesting;
- Green synthesis methods for energy harvesting nanomaterials;
- Computational design and modeling of nanomaterials;
- Scalable fabrication techniques for energy devices;
- Environmental impacts and the lifecycle assessment;
- Advances in nanomaterial characterization for energy applications;
- Flexible and wearable nanomaterial-based energy harvesters;
- Self-powered nanosystems utilizing harvested energy.
Prof. Dr. Olfa Kanoun
Dr. Ayda Bouhamed
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- energy harvesting
- sustainability
- piezoelectric
- triboelectric
- magnetoelectric
- thermoelectric
- photovoltaic
- quantum dots
- perovskites
- plasmonic nanostructures
- multiferroic materials
- polymer nanocomposites
- flexibility
- wearable
- green synthesis
- eco-friendly
- lifecycle assessment
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