Novel Materials and Their Sustainable Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 November 2023) | Viewed by 428
Special Issue Editor
Interests: piezoelectric energy harvesting; triboelectric energy harvesting; bio-piezoelectric material; strain and pressure sensors; electromagnetic interference shielding; conductive polymer composite
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue, entitled “Novel Materials and Their Sustainable Applications”, in Sustainability.
Harvesting energy from ambient mechanical motions in our environment has attracted considerable interest in research owing to its potential applications, for example, in ubiquitous wireless sensors and IoT devices. In this regard, piezoelectric and/or triboelectric materials provide relatively simple methods to directly convert mechanical energy from different ambient vibrating sources into electrical power for microscale/nanoscale applications. In particular, nanoscale energy harvesters, or nanogenerators, can convert low-level ambient vibrations into electrical energy, and thus are essential to the development of the next generation of self-powered systems. Polymer-based nanogenerators are fascinating, as they are intrinsically flexible and robust, making them less susceptible to mechanical failure. Bio-piezoelectric materials can also be lightweight, cheap and easy to fabricate, lead-free and biocompatible. Recent developments have been made in advancing scalable nanofabrication methods for flexible and low-cost nanogenerators with elevated energy conversion efficiency.
The use of sensors has swiftly expanded in the modern era owing to their capability to identify, respond and exchange mechanical motion into an electrical signal that can be explained based on electrical resistance and capacitance. Indeed, strain- and pressure-sensing applications have expanded the technological scope and enabled us to notice changes in our surroundings in different ways. More recently, different nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotube, graphene, MXenes and silver nanowire, have become promising choices for the development of sensors due to their unmatchable thermal, electrical and mechanical strength. Interestingly, these nanomaterials-based nanocomposites could establish themselves as potential candidates for use in electromagnetic interference (EMI) that can cause interference or malfunctions in equipment.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to publish original experimental and theoretical research that concerns all aspects of mechanical-energy-harvesting-related research which utilizes nanomaterials and nanotechnology as well as multifunctional devices for energy harvesting, sensing and EMI shielding applications.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Piezoelectric energy harvesting;
- Triboelectric energy harvesting;
- Bio-piezoelectric material;
- Strain and pressure sensors;
- Electromagnetic interference shielding;
- Conductive polymer composite.
Dr. Sarbaranjan Paria
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- piezoelectric
- triboelectric
- strain sensor
- pressure sensor
- EMI shielding
- conductive polymer composite
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