Advanced Energy Conversion Materials and Devices
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2022) | Viewed by 699
Special Issue Editors
Interests: low thermal conductivity materials; clean energy materials; thermal barrier coatings; functional ceramics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the surging global population predicted to be 9.7 billion by 2050, the world’s rapidly increasing demand for energy is giving rise to an upsurge of public and political unease. It is thus urgent to develop new technologies or seek clean and sustainable energy sources to resolve the energy crisis. Energy conversion technologies can convert energy from one form to another. There are many forms of energy, including heat, work, and motion. Potential energy can be in the form of nuclear, chemical, elastic, gravitational, or radiant energy. Herein, energy conversion refers to a potent technique that can convert unexploited and wasted energy into electricity, which is the most commonly used form of energy. So far, diverse technologies, such as optoelectronic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, triboelectric, ferroelectric, cell, etc., have been exploited to harvest electricity.
In this Special Issue, we will collect advanced energy conversion research, including materials exploitation to optimize performance and the integration of devices and supporting materials, as well as combinations of energy conversion technologies.
Dr. Chunlei Wan
Dr. Pengan Zong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermoelectric
- optoelectronic
- piezoelectric
- triboelectric
- ferroelectric
- cells
- devices
