Development of High-Performance Nanostructured Energy Materials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 45
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global transition to a low-carbon and sustainable energy system has created an urgent demand for advanced energy storage and conversion technologies. Nanostructured materials have become a cornerstone for developing the next generation of high-performance energy devices (including batteries, supercapacitors, electrocatalysts and fuel cells) thanks to their unique structural tunability, high surface area and distinctive physicochemical properties.
The rapid growth of renewable energy systems, electric vehicles and large-scale grid storage applications has tremendously increased the need for energy materials, demanding higher energy/power density, longer cycle life, improved safety and lower cost. This has driven extensive research into nanostructured materials, advanced interface engineering and innovative design strategies to address key challenges, such as low ionic/electronic conductivity, structural instability and slow reaction kinetics.
This Special Issue aims to present and share the latest advances in the design, synthesis, characterization and application of nanostructured materials for high-performance energy storage and energy conversion.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Design, synthesis and fabrication of novel nanostructured energy materials (e.g., 0D/1D/2D/3D nanomaterials, porous frameworks, MOFs/COFs, MXenes and their composites)
- Nanostructured electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries, lithium-metal batteries, sodium/potassium-ion batteries and other emerging battery systems
- Advanced interface engineering and nanostructure regulation for stable electrode/electrolyte interphases (SEI/CEI)
- Nanostructured materials for high-performance supercapacitors, including pseudocapacitive and electrical double-layer capacitor electrodes
- Nanocatalysts for electrocatalytic energy conversion reactions (ORR, OER, HER, CO2RR, etc.)
- Fundamental understanding of structure–performance relationships in nanostructured energy materials via in situ/operando characterization techniques
- Scalable fabrication strategies and practical applications of nanostructured energy materials
- Safety, stability and degradation mechanisms of nanostructured materials under operating conditions
- Multiphysics modelling and simulation of nanostructured energy materials and devices
Dr. Chao Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructured energy materials
- high-performance batteries
- lithium metal batteries
- MOF/COF frameworks
- electrode materials
- interface engineering
- energy storage
- nanomaterials
- sustainable energy
- electrocatalysis
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