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Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy Conversion

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1007

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Associate Professor, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
Interests: solar thermal utilization; nanofluids; phase-change materials; thermophysical properties

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Key Laboratory of Low-Grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Interests: interfacial resistance; water transport; membrane separation; adsorptive separation; nanoporous materials
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Dear Colleagues

The rapid growth of the global population has significantly increased energy consumption and pressure on the environment. New materials with intriguing physical and chemical properties provide opportunities to address these challenges. Nanomaterials and nanocomposites have wide application potentials in energy applications, and the research in this area is developing fast, including the synthesis of nanomaterials, design of micro-structured materials, and their applications in energy areas (energy production, energy conversion, energy storage, etc.). The field is rapidly advancing into new areas of discovery.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Xiong Zheng
Prof. Dr. Lang Liu
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Keywords

  • nanomaterials
  • nanocomposites
  • energy storage
  • energy conversion
  • renewable energy

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A Review of Nanofiber Electrodes and the In Situ Exsolution of Nanoparticles for Solid Oxide Cells
by Jakub Lach, Michał Gogacz, Piotr Winiarz, Yihan Ling, Mingjiong Zhou and Kun Zheng
Materials 2025, 18(6), 1272; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18061272 - 13 Mar 2025
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Solid oxide cells (SOCs) can operate efficiently in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and/or solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) modes, and are one of the most promising electrochemical devices for energy conversion and storage, facilitating the integration of renewable energies with the electric [...] Read more.
Solid oxide cells (SOCs) can operate efficiently in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and/or solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) modes, and are one of the most promising electrochemical devices for energy conversion and storage, facilitating the integration of renewable energies with the electric grid. However, the SOC electrodes suffer performance and stability issues, especially in the case of fuel electrodes when SOCs are fueled by cheaper and more available fuels such as methane and natural gas. Typical Ni-YSZ cermet fuel electrodes suffer problems of coarsening, carbon deposition, and sulfur poisoning. Therefore, developing new electrodes using novel design strategies for SOCs is crucial. In this review work, the fuel electrode development strategies including the in situ exsolution of nanoparticles, multi-elemental nanocatalysts, and nanofiber materials have been reviewed and summarized for the design of new electrodes for SOCs. Nanofiber electrodes with in situ exsolved nanoparticles, which combine the advantages of a unique nanofiber microstructure and stable and active exsolved nanoparticles, are of great interest and significantly contribute to the development of high-performance fuel electrodes for SOCs. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy Conversion)
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