Polymers Strategies in Energy Storage Device

Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to invite you the Special Issue of Polymers Strategies in Energy Storage Device.

The ever growing demand of energy worldwide and the depletion of fossil fuels makesdeveloping renewable energy sources together with the fundamental implementation and progress of energy storage systems critical.

Developing energy storage devices to be utilized within a rapidly advancing energy market requires a multipronged approach in order to store a large amount of energy in a small, lightweight package, with high-power and energy densities, and these devices should be able to distribute the energy quickly for high rate applications.

In this Special Issue, the study will focus on the recent progress of polymers as well as their composites for the application in different energy storage devices. Polymers play important roles in different and increasingly diverse applications in the areas of energy storage systems. This is mainly due to the possibility of controlling the polymer molecular structure, which allows the polymer properties to be more finely tuned and the great diversity of properties that can be found in different polymers. 

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Polymers for energy storage devices;
• Solid polymer electrolyte;
• Polymers as binders;
• Polymers in electrodes;
• Polymer based nanostructures;
• Polymers in composites;
• Polymers as separators. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Guillermina L. Luque
Dr. Fernando P. Cometto
Prof. Dr. Ezequiel Pedro M. Leiva
Guest Editors

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