Recent Advances in Energy Storage Materials and Devices
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Cross-Field Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 309
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies are critical to the 21st century’s rapid evolution in many fields. Electrochemical energy storage systems in the form of batteries and supercapacitors are the most notable applications. These devices store energy either by electrical double layers or by redox reactions at electrode–electrolyte interfaces. The rapid progress of diverse two-dimensional materials encourages the creation of new electrode materials and their multifunctional composites, which in turn furthers the development of high-energy-density devices. Graphene, MXene, phosphorene, transition metal dichalcogenides, metal oxide, and other two-dimensional materials have been expanding in recent decades; however, their precise and massive synthesis, modification, and assembly remain unsatisfied with the stringent criteria of electrode materials. Fundamental nanoscale investigations of these materials with advanced in situ and ex situ measurement techniques are urgently needed to gain a better and deeper understanding of the charge-storage mechanism. High-throughput screening and machine learning, two exciting breakthroughs in data-driven materials discovery, also reveal a unique way for discovering brand-new high-performance electrode materials. Furthermore, two-dimensional materials are not limited to only active materials for electrodes; actuators, transducers, evaporators, and generators, among other revolutionary energy devices, have been demonstrated to capture, transform, and deliver various types of energy using their unique physical and chemical properties.
Consequently, we have organized this Special Issue, “Recent Advances in Energy Storage Materials and Devices”, to highlight the state-of-the-art advances, breakthrough innovations, and insightful perspectives on how to tackle the key challenges and guide future research directions of this field. Researchers are welcome to submit reviews and reports of their recent work in potential topics including, but not limited to, two-dimensional materials, functional materials, capacitors, batteries, actuators, generators, evaporators, and wearable electronics.
Dr. Yaxin Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy storage materials
- two-dimensional materials
- functional materials
- supercapacitors
- sensors
- electric generators
- actuators
- water evaporators
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