Sustainable Energy Harvesting with Nanomaterials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 66
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials have emerged as a promising class of materials for sustainable energy harvesting, owing to their unique structural characteristics, e.g., high specific surface area, quantum confinement effects and tunable electronic/optical properties, key advantages that address the limitations of traditional energy harvesting technologies, e.g., low solar/waste energy utilization, high fabrication cost, poor long-term stability in energy supply and carbon neutrality efforts. The strategic modulation of nanomaterials, e.g., 2D MXenes, Bi-based catalysts, perovskites and piezoelectric nanomaterials further optimizes their energy harvesting performance: such modulation not only enhances energy capture efficiency, e.g., broad-spectrum light absorption for photovoltaics and sensitive mechanical response for piezoelectric devices, but also acts as an efficient energy loss suppressor, e.g., reducing charge carrier recombination in thermoelectrics and minimizing interface resistance in integrated systems, thereby boosting overall energy conversion kinetics.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest advancements in nanomaterial-based sustainable energy harvesting, encompassing innovative nanomaterial synthesis strategies (e.g., hydrothermal synthesis, atomic layer deposition), structural/electronic property regulation (e.g., heteroatom doping, heterojunction construction), and practical applications in energy conversion (e.g., solar-to-electricity conversion, waste heat recovery, ambient mechanical energy collection). It aims to consolidate cutting-edge research, bridge fundamental insights into engineering applications, and inspire new directions for developing high-performance, low-cost, and eco-friendly nanomaterial-based energy harvesting systems to tackle global energy shortage and environmental sustainability challenges.
Dr. Reshalat Hailili
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- photocatalysts
- microstructure regulation
- piezoelectric materials
- 2D materials
- carbon neutrality
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