Advanced Materials and Systems for Sustainable Energy Solutions
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmentally friendly materials for energy conversion; energy storage; refrigeration
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Interests: magnetic nanostructures; nanomaterials for energy harvesting; sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanostructured functional materials, engineered through precise dimensional control, hold tremendous potential for a wide range of energy conversion and storage applications. Their exceptional properties—such as their high surface-to-volume ratios and reduced diffusion lengths—make them ideal candidates for next-generation energy technologies. In light of the growing urgency to mitigate environmental degradation and combat global warming, the development of clean and renewable energy solutions is more critical than ever.
This Special Issue aims to explore how material engineering—through the modulation of size, shape, composition, and strain—impacts the performance of nano- and microstructured materials across diverse energy-related applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, energy conversion mechanisms based on piezoelectric, thermal, magnetic, magnetoelectric, pyroelectric, electrocaloric, magnetocaloric, chemical, and hybrid functionalities. These materials are highly relevant for the development of efficient sensors, actuators, and transducers.
Additionally, this Special Issue will cover advances in electrical energy storage technologies and innovative strategies to enhance their performance. Contributions are welcome in areas such as ferroelectric energy storage, electrode and electrolyte materials for batteries and supercapacitors, solid-state hydrogen storage systems, nanostructured solar cells, and heterogeneous catalysis.
We invite your original research articles and comprehensive reviews that contribute to this rapidly evolving and impactful field.
Dr. Eskilla Venkata Ramana
Dr. Manuel Almeida Valente
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy conversion
- energy storage
- environmental
- photocatalysis
- processing
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