Advances in Mineral Functional Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 623
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy storage; phase change materials; functional mineral materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mineral functional materials are widely used in fields including catalysis, solar energy conversion, energy storage, environmental protection, construction, and so on, due to their versatile performances. For example, clay-mineral-based materials can serve as catalysts in chemical reactions, and zeolites can be utilized for gas separation and storage. Research in this area focuses on the synthesis, characterization, property, and applicability optimization of these mineral functional materials. This Special Issue will provide the current research advances in innovative functional mineral materials. We welcome results on the unique properties of nonmetallic mineral functional materials, synthetic and functionalized mineral materials, new energy mineral functional materials, functional materials for biology and health, functional materials for humidity and heat environment control, and their expected applications.
Dr. Xin Min
Dr. Xiaoguang Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral materials
- mineral structure and property optimization
- nonmetallic mineral materials
- new energy mineral materials
- mineral materials for biology
- mineral materials for environment control
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