Energy Conversion Materials and Energy-Harvesting Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: piezoelectric material and devices; smart systems; sensor and actuators; acoustic transducers; renewable energy; ocean wave energy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: energy harvesting; piezoelectric; wind energy systems; solar energy conversion; ocean wave energy; coil and magnetic-based energy systems; thermal energy conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the use of solar cells for NASA space powers, people have paid more attention to various renewable energy technologies. In the 21st century, broad research developments have been made on solar energy, wind ocean energy, vibration and motion energy, thermal energy, and biofuels. Energy harvesting is becoming one of the most popular research areas for the scientific research community and government entities. In this Special Issue, we would like to invite both research papers and review papers that cover a broad range of materials and devices for energy conversions and harvesting (MDECH), which are either involved in the fabrication and integration of microscales or the use of micromachine tools.
The topics include the following:
- MDECH for solar energy harvesting, such as solar cells and solar heat conversion;
- MDECH for vibration and motion energy harvesting, such as piezoelectric energy harvesting and magnetic vibration and motion energy harvesting;
- MDECH for thermal energy harvesting, such as thermoelectric and pyroelectric energy harvesting;
- MDECH for wind, ocean wave, and ocean current energy taking-off and conversion systems;
- MDECH for bioenergy;
- MDECH for fuel cells, energy-harvesting circuits and storage technologies, and integrated multifunction energy-harvesting systems.
Dr. Tian-Bing Xu
Guest Editor
Dr. Sidra Naz
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- solar energy conversional materials and devices
- piezoelectric energy harvesting
- pyroelectric energy harvesting
- thermoelectric
- magnetic and coil-based energy conversions
- wind energy taking-off and conversion materials and systems
- water energy taking-off and conversion materials and systems
- multifunction energy-harvesting systems
- bioenergy
- fuel cells
- nano-, micro-, additive, and 3D printing manufacturing technologies for energy conversion devices
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