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Materials, Devices, and Systems Geared toward Becoming Carbon -Neutral

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 569

Special Issue Editors

Beijing Institude of Nanoenergy and nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: mechanoplastic artificial synapse; triboiontronics; field effect transistor; E-skin; multifunctional sensors
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: advanced energy materials and devices; supercapacitors; vanadium redox flow battery; lithium ion batterieslithium ion batteries; carbon
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Interests: stretchable organic electronics; flexible sensor; flexible planar microsupercapacitors; flexible energy conversion materials and devices; stretchable conductive fiber; carbon nanomaterials
Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China
Interests: green manufacturing and preparation of photosensitive materials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The whole world is intensively racing to become carbon neutral through a new globe carbon economy and low-carbon development model, because of the urgent energy and environment issues that are calling for efficient energy materials’ innovation. Worldwide, attention has been paid to effective strategies aiming toward energy reduction, energy harvesting, self-powered systems, carbon economy construction materials, and distributed energy storage technology and key equipment for urban rail transit, power grid, base station communication, big data, intelligent systems, etc. Innovative energy materials, cutting-edge devices, and systems play critical roles as a low-cost and high-efficacy means to future carbon neutral challenges. For instance, as listed below, (1) emerging triboelectric nanogenerators can harvest low frequency, high entropy, and highly distributed mechanical energy to drive versatile devices in low energy dissipation, e.g., distributed mechanoplastic neuromorphic sensors, interactive triboiontronic chips, and multifunctional devices; (2) self-powered systems are beneficial for low-power real-time monitoring and regulation in Internet of Things for industry, intelligent manufacturing, and transportation; (3) carbon economy construction materials, technology, and environmentally-friendly materials are critical in modern civil engineering; and (4) advanced energy materials and equipment are of great significance for efficient, low-cost, and safe energy storage in distributed urban rail transit, power grids, etc. Accordingly, driven by the imperative carbon neutral trend, this Special Issue is expected to receive reviews, communications, full papers, and perspectives concerning but not limited to, innovative energy materials, cutting-edge devices, and intelligent systems toward becoming carbon neutral.

Dr. Qijun Sun
Prof. Dr. Chuankun Jia
Prof. Dr. Rujun Ma
Prof. Dr. Guang Zhu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • functional materials
  • energy materials
  • carbon economy construction materials
  • environmentally-friendly materials and technology
  • energy harvesting devices
  • self-powered systems
  • distributed energy storage
  • carbon neutral

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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