Advanced Polymer and Thin Film for Sustainable Energy Harvesting
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 15743
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional polymers synthesis; triboelectric nanogenerators; mechanical energy harvesting; soft electronics; polymer composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable energy, including water energy, wind energy, ambient mechanical energy (e.g., human motion energy and vibration energy), solar energy, bioenergy and thermal energy, etc., possesses the properties of renewability and clean and wide distribution. Collecting sustainable energy is a feasible strategy to overcome the energy crisis and the environmental issues caused using traditional fossil fuels. Various energy technologies and devices, such as solar cell, biofuel cell, and generators (e.g., piezoelectric, triboelectric, and thermoelectric generators), have been developed for converting sustainable energy into forms that can be utilized by humans. Attributed to the features of processability, insulation, corrosion resistance, flexibility, etc., polymers are widely used as constitute materials for the fabrication of energy devices. The structures and properties of employed polymers will affect the performance of these devices in harvesting sustainable energy. Especially, certain surface-modified and surface-treated polymers play important roles in constructing advanced energy devices with outstanding performance. Some functional and smart polymers endow devices with attractive functions. Further, polymer thin films and coatings are important components of certain energy devices and deserve more attention.
The aim of this Special Issue of Coatings is to provide researchers with a platform to publish their novel studies on “Advanced Polymer and Thin Film for Sustainable Energy Harvesting”. We expect this Special Issue to contribute to progress in this important field. In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Surface engineering of polymers for improved performance of devices in energy harvesting;
- Polymer design for advanced sustainable energy devices;
- Application development of sustainable energy harvesters by polymer strategies;
- Smart polymers for functionalized sustainable energy devices;
- New sustainable energy devices containing polymers coatings and thin films;
- Any other aspects combining sustainable energy harvesting and advanced polymers.
Dr. Wei Xu
Dr. Zhuo Liu
Guest Editors
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