Advances in Materials and Technologies for Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 October 2025 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy; thermal power; heat transfer; refrigerator cycle technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global shift toward sustainable energy has increased the demand for efficient and cost-effective energy storage. Thermal energy storage (TES) emerges as a crucial technology for enhancing the flexibility and resilience of systems in solar power generation, industrial heating, building climate control, and waste heat recovery. TES addresses intermittency, improves efficiency, and reduces emissions by decoupling energy supply from demand. It encompasses sensible, latent, and thermochemical storage, each with distinct principles and material requirements. Recent advancements highlight high-performance materials such as phase change materials, thermochemical salts, nano-enhanced composites, system innovations, advanced heat exchangers, and modular designs. As the world strives to meet climate goals, TES is essential for facilitating renewable integration, grid stability, and improved energy efficiency. Ongoing research is vital for fostering a sustainable, low-carbon future.
This Special Issue brings together the latest contributions in the field, focusing on cutting-edge material development, innovative TES designs, and emerging applications. By highlighting interdisciplinary approaches and showcasing both experimental and modelling advances, it aims to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends, challenges, and future directions in the rapidly evolving landscape of thermal energy storage.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and review papers. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Phase change materials;
- Nanostructured and hybrid materials;
- High-temperature thermal storage materials;
- Thermochemical storage materials;
- Characterization and testing of TES materials;
- TES design and integration;
- TES for renewable energy systems;
- TES for building thermal management;
- TES for industrial applications;
- Modelling and simulation of TES systems;
Prof. Dr. Honghyun Cho
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermal energy storage
- sensible heat storage
- latent heat storage
- thermochemical heat storage
- phase change materials
- heat transfer
- renewable energy
- sustainability
- nanotechnology
- nanomaterials
- waste heat recovery
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