Nanostructured Materials for Aqueous Energy Storage Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 May 2025 | Viewed by 134
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Interests: nanomaterials; flexible energy storage devices; zinc-ion batteries; biosensors; wearable devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Energy plays a crucial role in modern human life, which promotes the continuous development of various energy storage devices. At present, despite the fact that lithium-ion batteries have dominated the commercial rechargeable energy storage market, their large-scale application is hindered by the high production costs and safety risk arising from flammable electrolyte. Recently, aqueous energy storage devices have attracted considerable research attention owing to their superior characteristics, such as high safety, low cost, ease of fabrication, environmental friendliness, and so on. These advantages mean that aqueous energy storage devices are promising alternatives to the conventional lithium-ion batteries, especially in the field of large-scale energy storage. As we know, electrode materials have a significant impact on the performance of energy storage devices. Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, nanostructured materials (such as 0-dimensional nanoparticles, 1-dimensional nanofibers, 2-dimensional nanosheets, etc.) have been widely studied in aqueous energy storage devices.
This Special Issue will present comprehensive research outlining progress on the application of nanostructured materials in aqueous energy storage devices (including zinc-ion batteries, supercapacitors, seawater batteries, etc.). We invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles covering the current progress on nanostructured materials applied in the field of aqueous energy storage. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Nanostructured materials in aqueous zinc-ion batteries.
- Nanostructured materials in aqueous supercapacitors.
- Nanostructured materials in seawater batteries.
- Nanostructured materials in other aqueous energy storage devices.
Dr. Jiangqi Zhao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructured materials
- aqueous energy storage devices
- zinc-ion batteries
- supercapacitors
- seawater batteries
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