Multifunctional Materials for Green Energy Development and Storage
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2022) | Viewed by 479
Special Issue Editor
Interests: current research interest includes the development of advanced multifunctional materials; piezo-, pyro-, and ferro-electric polymers; synthesis and characterization of ceramic and metallic nanomaterials; designing of self-charging polymeric photo-power cells; fabrication of smart integrated devices for clean energy harvesting from living system and storage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy is the principal requisite of mankind. Civilization would have not made such evolvements and technological expansions would have ceased without the advent and utilization of energy. Existing picture of today’s world unveils a severe ecological devastation and a solemn depletion of fossil fuels is taking a rapid leap. Without sincere replacement of energy at a faster rate, life would be at serious stake in the approaching future. The only way to meet up the energy needs is to harness the most unswerving and supportable energy from renewable resources and facilitate the contemporary civilization. Amongst all the natural energy sources, solar energy has exceedingly engrossed the global researchers. Its remarkability relies on the fact that it is the most everlasting silent source of energy and not harmful to the ecology. The limitless availability makes this eternal source inexpensive also. Nevertheless, it has become today’s mandate to undergo researches in order to make provisions for sufficient energy harvesting and simultaneous energy storage by photoelectric conversion and to cultivate immediate energy storage systems from this intermittent light energy to aid the power scarcities of the human race.
Increase of energy expenditure of our modern societies and the depletion of traditional fossil fuels like coal, petroleum etc. have polarized the scientific community to concern deeply about the development of novel energy harvesting multi-funtional materials as well as simple techniques to design highly efficient energy generating and storage devices to exploit sustainable and green energy for miniaturization and multi-functionalization in electronics industry. Our daily life is being surrounded by varies type of multifunctional modish electronic gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, sensors etc. which are driven by the conventional electrochemical or lithium ion batteries for a long time period.
The aim of this special issue is to find new polymeric based composites multi-functional materials which have some outstanding properties. And to find the new research on green energy development and storage. High dielectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric materials i.e. electro active polymers, bio-materials, nanomaterials etc. are the main focus of this issue.
Dr. Pradip Thakur
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- piezoelectric materials /nanogenerators
- triboelectric materials /nanogenerators
- high dielectric polymers
- polymer based photo-power systems
- piezotronics
- bio-polymers for energy generation
- supercapacitors
