Graphene-Based Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the declaration of a climate emergency with an unprecedented rate of global warming, the demand for reliable and sustainable energy resources leading to a reduced or zero carbon emission has soared, and so the development of efficient systems capable of converting or storing such energy resources is key to satisfying such a demand. Solar photovoltaics is a representative technology for harvesting solar energy with the abundancy, availability, and no carbon emission. Since all types of energy are ultimately converted to low-grade energy, i.e., heat, the recovery of energy lost in the form of waste heat is a promising resolution to the climate and energy crisis, and can be achieved through thermoelectric energy conversion. Additionally, energy storage systems, such as batteries, alleviate the variability and unpredictability of renewable energy sources (e.g., wind or solar), while also improving the electrical grid stability and national infrastructure security. Not simply limited to solar photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, and batteries, energy conversion systems require novel materials with desirable properties for more efficient and effective operations. Due to superior mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, graphene and its composites have shown their promise regarding energy conversion applications, and various technologies such as doping, nanostructuring, and structural defects have been introduced to further modify their properties. With the rapid advancement and growing impact of graphene-based materials for energy conversion, this Special Issue aims to provide a collection of cutting-edge studies related to this research field, with the hopes of attracting the attention of peer scientists. We encourage the submission of not only experimental studies, but theoretical and computational studies as well concerning the enhancement of graphene materials, computational studies using the density functional theory, molecular dynamics, data-driven approaches, etc.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue, welcoming full papers, communications, and reviews.

Dr. Seungha Shin
Guest Editor

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• graphene
• graphene composite
• graphite
• graphene-engineered surface
• energy storage
• solar photovoltaic
• thermoelectric
• molecular dynamics
• density functional theory
• data-driven approaches