Advanced Functional Materials for Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Intelligent Systems
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy storage; supercapacitor; gas sensing; HER; OER; battery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rising global demand for clean and sustainable energy technologies has highlighted the critical need for multifunctional materials that enable high-efficiency energy storage, catalytic conversion, gas sensing, wearable sensing, and intelligent system integration. This Special Issue aims to spotlight cutting-edge research on advanced materials and nanostructures that are designed to address the pressing challenges in the generation, conversion, and utilization of energy.
This Special Issue, titled "Advanced Functional Materials for Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Intelligent Systems", invites original research, reviews, and communications that explore innovative approaches in the fields of electrochemical energy storage (including supercapacitors and batteries), electrocatalysis (HER, OER, and CO2 reduction), gas sensing, and smart material platforms. With a focus on the design, synthesis, and application of advanced materials such as nanocomposites, single-atom catalysts, 2D materials, and hybrid architectures, this Special Issue encourages multidisciplinary contributions that bridge materials science, chemistry, physics, and energy engineering.
Key areas of interest include
- The development of nanostructured electrodes and electrolytes for supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, and emerging battery systems;
- The design and application of single-atom and nanocomposite catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and CO2 conversion;
- Gas sensing materials and sensor systems with high selectivity and environmental responsiveness;
- Mechanistic and kinetic studies of oxidation and reduction reactions in electrochemical systems;
- Hydrogen production via electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis;
- The integration of energy storage and catalysis into multifunctional smart platforms;
- Advanced materials for flexible, wearable, or implantable energy devices;
- Characterization and simulation tools for probing electronic, electrochemical, and catalytic behaviors;
- Scalable synthesis strategies and environmental sustainability in material development.
This Special Issue will serve as an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, engineers, and technologists aiming to develop next-generation materials that contribute to efficient energy harvesting, long-term storage, clean fuel production, and environmental remediation.
Dr. Manesh Yewale
Dr. Santosh Mohite
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy storage
- supercapacitor
- gas sensing
- HER
- OER
- battery
- single-atom catalysts
- lithium-ion batteries
- nanocomposites
- oxidation and reduction reactions
- hydrogen production
- CO2 conversion
- energy harvesting
- sensors
- actuators
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