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Advanced Materials Research in Energy System

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 April 2023) | Viewed by 8377

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Alan K. T. Lau

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Interests: natural and animal fibres; mechanical properties; composites; structural properties
Prof. Dr. Baohua Jia

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Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Interests: graphene; energy materials; hydrogen
Prof. Dr. Chan Yi Jing

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Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Selangor 43500, Malaysia
Interests: chemistry; nano-technology; energies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Energy has become a hot topic around the world, with many research activities covering a wide range of topics that are related to energy production, harvesting, conversion and utilisation to meet zero carbon emissions target in 2050. New technologies that can serve those purposes could easily acquire government and industry finding to provide solutions for energy saving in different utilities, public infrastructures and transportation systems. 

This Special Issue includes papers that present recent research outcomes in different emerging areas, such as hybrid solar cells, nuclear fuel materials, nanostructured organic material dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells, nanostructures obtained using electric discharges, thin-film photovoltaic devices, nanostructured ceramics, multifunctional materials, optical and magnetic properties of nanomaterials, etc. All papers will be peer reviewed to determine the novelty of the works to be published and shared with academics, researchers, engineers and investors. Papers selected for the 12th International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (ICAMR 2022), which will be held in Sanya, China, on 21–24 January 2022 are welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Alan Lau
Prof. Dr. Baohua Jia
Prof. Dr. Chan Yi Jing
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MOF-801/Graphene Adsorbent Material for Greenhouse Climate Control System—Numerical Investigation
by Andrew N. Aziz, Raya Al-Dadah, Saad Mahmoud, Mohamed A. Ismail, Mohammed K. Almesfer, Marwa F. El-Kady and Hassan Shokry
Energies 2023, 16(9), 3864; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093864 - 1 May 2023
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Greenhouses with efficient controlled environment offer a promising solution for food security against the impacts of increasing global temperatures and growing water scarcity. However, current technologies used to achieve this controlled environment consume a significant amount of energy, which impacts on operational costs [...] Read more.
Greenhouses with efficient controlled environment offer a promising solution for food security against the impacts of increasing global temperatures and growing water scarcity. However, current technologies used to achieve this controlled environment consume a significant amount of energy, which impacts on operational costs and CO2 emissions. Using advanced metal organic framework materials (MOFs) with superior water adsorption characteristics, this work investigates the development of a new technology for a greenhouse-controlled environment. The system consists of MOF coated heat exchanger, air to air heat exchanger, and evaporative cooler. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed using COMSOL software and experimentally validated for the MOF-801/Graphene coated heat exchanger (DCHE) to determine the best cycle time and power input. It was found that using desorption time of 16 min and power input of 1.26 W, the maximum water removal rate was obtained from MOF-801/Graphene of 274.4 g/kgMOF/W.hr. In addition, an overall mathematical model for the greenhouse climate control was developed and used to investigate the effects of air humidity and velocity on the input air conditions to the greenhouse. Results showed that with high relative humidity levels of 90% in the greenhouse can be conditioned to reach the required relative humidity of 50%. Full article
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Aerogel Product Applications for High-Temperature Thermal Insulation
by Alexander V. Fedyukhin, Konstantin V. Strogonov, Olga V. Soloveva, Sergei A. Solovev, Irina G. Akhmetova, Umberto Berardi, Mark D. Zaitsev and Daniil V. Grigorev
Energies 2022, 15(20), 7792; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207792 - 21 Oct 2022
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This paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental studies to determine the optimal thickness of thermal insulation from basalt fiber and aerogel products for pipelines at temperatures of 300 and 600 °C. We carried out a comparison of the key thermophysical characteristics [...] Read more.
This paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental studies to determine the optimal thickness of thermal insulation from basalt fiber and aerogel products for pipelines at temperatures of 300 and 600 °C. We carried out a comparison of the key thermophysical characteristics of the claimed heat-insulating materials. We performed a thermal imaging survey of the furnace chimney, insulated with basalt fiber and aerogel, while controlling the temperature of the flue gases by establishing the required ratio of the flow rate of natural gas and oxidizer. The temperature gradient along the thickness of the thermal insulation was obtained using a numerical tool developed in ANSYS. The results show that aerogel surpasses basalt fiber in all key thermophysical characteristics. At the same time, the only barrier to widespread industrial production and use of aerogel in the high-temperature thermal insulation segment is its market cost, which is still several times higher than that of basalt fiber in terms of an equivalent performance. Full article
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