Self-Healing Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Networks and Gels".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 224
Special Issue Editors
Interests: self-healing materials; functional polymers and composites; soft electronics; energy storage and conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers that can self-heal damage or defects have attracted significant interest in recent years due to their potential applications in various industries. For electrical energy storage and conversion devices, such as batteries, supercapacitors, triboelectric nanogenerators, and solar cells, self-healing polymers can be used to address challenges around improving device lifetime, safety, and sustainability. For this Special Issue, we welcome submissions (in the form original research, reviews, and perspective articles) on the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of self-healing polymers for electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) New polymer systems with intrinsic self-healing abilities for device components (electrodes, electrolytes, and membranes);
(2) Self-healing polymer coatings/binders to protect device components;
(3) The characterization of self-healing mechanisms and kinetics of polymer systems;
(4) The application of self-healing polymers to improve the performance and lifetime of batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, triboelectric nanogenerators, etc.;
(5) Challenges and outlooks for implementing self-healing polymers in practical devices.
Articles on interdisciplinary and innovative research that bridge fundamental chemistry, materials science, and device engineering are especially appreciated. Both experimental and theoretical/simulation studies are welcome.
Dr. Jianhua Xu
Dr. Cheng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- self-healing
- dynamic bonds
- supramolecular chemistry
- functional polymer
- energy storage and conversion
- lithium battery
- thermoelectric convesion
- triboelectric nanogenerator
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