Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, and Multifunctional Materials, 2nd Edition
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 December 2025
Special Issue Editor
Interests: power generation; power systems; wind energy; energy efficiency; power production; renewable energy; solar cells; mechanical engineering; solar energy
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Dear Colleagues,
Energy storage has recently been proven to be a key element in the operation of modern power systems and mobile user electronics. Additionally, the share of electric vehicles (EVs) has increased exponentially, and it is expected that EVs will play a key role in the transportation sector in upcoming years. Although the cost of energy storage has decreased rapidly, these systems are still expensive, and significant investment and research are needed in order to overcome this problem. Energy storage may also be related to size, volume and lifetime limitations, depending on the application.
In modern power systems, energy storage plays a key role, as it enhances their flexibility by increasing the penetration of renewable energy technologies, improves efficiency by reducing delivery losses, and increases system reliability and resilience. This role is further extended with the integration of EVs into these systems. This Special Issue aims to present the state of the art of energy storage systems and technologies that are mainly related to power systems and EVs by considering the role of energy storage at its greatest scale, including research and new trends, material use, manufacturing processes, operational characteristics, recycling and life cycle assessment (LCA).
Dr. Yiannis Katsigiannis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Energy storage and conversion
- Lithium batteries
- Solid-state batteries
- Graphene batteries
- Short-term and long-term energy storage
- Stretchable energy storage
- Electric vehicles (EVs)
- Supercapacitors/ultracapacitors
- Flywheels
- Pumped hydro storage
- Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES)
- Thermal energy storage
- Hydrogen storage and fuel cells
- Autonomous power systems
- Renewable energy sources
- Effect on power system reliability and resilience
- Smart grids
- Distributed energy resources (DERs)
- Demand side management
- Multifunctional materials
- Low-cost materials
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of energy storage
- Recycling of energy storage technologies.
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