Gel Materials for Advanced Energy Systems and Flexible Devices

Dear Colleagues,

The European Green Deal, as well as other initiatives, will help achieve climate neutrality by 2050 to transform the EU and the world into a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy. Energy storage and conversion technologies are two important features of the current global transformation and the next "climate neutral" scenario. Therefore, highly efficient energy systems and flexible devices have attracted extensive research interest in recent years, with efforts focused on the development of new electrode materials and electrolytes tailored for these applications.

Due to their unique properties, such as flexibility, stretchability, and biocompatibility, gel materials are increasingly finding applications in various types of energy conversion and storage systems (e.g., lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells) as well as flexible devices. The ability to easily modify the properties of gels further expands their capabilities and improves their performance—applying energy gels to flexible substrates enables the fabrication of extremely flexible and stretchable devices, while reactive polymer gels can be employed to create smart energy devices and flexible systems that respond to environmental changes. It is extremely important to emphasize that by using different gel materials, the applications of energy devices and flexible technologies can be extended to other technological fields.

In order to popularize the great potential of gel materials and their application in modern energy systems and flexible devices, as well as to strengthen the links in academia, the present Special Issue, titled "Gel Materials for Advanced Energy Systems and Flexible Devices", has been launched. Original research articles, reviews, and perspectives relevant to the scope of this Special Issue are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Antonia Stoyanova
Guest Editor

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