Organic-Based Materials for Advanced Energy Storage Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic batteries; lithium-ion batteries; redox flow batteries; thermoelectric materials; supercapacitors; material science; electrode materials; electrochemical characterization; interface ionic thermoelectric materials; organic electronic semiconductors; conducting polymer
Interests: photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; organic materials; redox flow batteries; reactive oxygen species
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Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for sustainable and high-performance energy storage systems is driving a shift toward organic-based materials due to their structural tunability, abundance, environmental friendliness, and compatibility with green manufacturing approaches. These materials hold great promise for enabling next-generation electrochemical energy storage technologies, including organic redox flow batteries, organic batteries, and organic supercapacitors. Organic materials offer unique opportunities for molecular-level engineering to tailor redox properties, improve solubility, enhance stability, and enable flexibility or flowability. Their application spans across solid-state and liquid-based energy storage systems and can support both high-energy and high-power requirements, making them highly attractive for flexible, wearable, and grid-scale solutions.
This Special Issue on “Organic-Based Materials for Advanced Energy Storage Systems” aims to provide recent advances in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of organic-based materials for energy storage systems.
We encourage multidisciplinary contributions that explore molecular redox chemistry, electrochemical performance, device engineering, integration strategies, and real-world applicability. The focus is on bridging the gap between fundamental research and practical implementation, emphasizing sustainable solutions.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to the following:
- Aqueous and non-aqueous organic redox flow batteries;
- Organic-based batteries and supercapacitors;
- Carbon-based electrodes for supercapacitors and batteries;
- Material and electrochemical characterization of organic materials;
- Flexible and stretchable organic batteries;
- Organic redox molecules for sustainable energy storage systems;
- Polymer-based redox-active materials and conductive polymers;
- Molecular engineering of redox molecules for redox flow batteries;
- Organic-inorganic composite materials for advanced energy storage devices.
Dr. Saeed Mardi
Dr. Penghui Ding
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic materials
- batteries/supercapacitors
- electrochemical characterizations
- redox flow batteries, redox-active polymers and molecules
- molecular engineering
- conductive polymers
- carbon-based materials
- flexible and stretchable batteries
- organic-inorganic composites
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