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Energy Storage Materials and Devices: Design, Properties and Mechanisms

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1655

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Key Laboratory of Power Station Energy Transfer Conversion and System of Ministry of Education, School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Interests: energy harvesting; energy storage; conversion materials and devices

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
Interests: AI application in green energy technology; energy management systems; energy harvesting and storage; battery recycling; high-energy-density batteries

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Efficient, scalable, and reliable energy storage is key to the global energy transition toward renewable energy storage systems. Over the past decade, there has been strong demand for developing high-performance new energy storage technologies, such as advanced battery materials and devices. This Special Issue aims to publish research and present important new discoveries related to synthesis, manufacturing, structure, performance, property, and technology applications, as well as strategies and policies for sustainable energy storage materials and their installations in sustainable energy and development. This Special Issue aims to cover all aspects of advances in energy storage materials and devices. Submissions are welcome to focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Li/Na storage materials and beyond Li/Na-ion batteries;
  • Nanomaterials, polymer, inorganic–organic, composite electrode materials;
  • Advanced electrolyte, solid state, high voltage, high temperature, and low temperature;
  • Flexible or stretchable, transparent electrodes and devices;
  • Devices such as Li/Na-ion batteries and beyond, supercapacitors, and fuel cells;
  • Two-dimensional materials such as graphene, Mxene, and beyond;
  • Nano-micro on-chip energy storage devices;
  • Large-scale energy storage systems;
  • Beyond electrochemical, mechanical, chemical, and electric mechanisms-based energy storage materials and devices.

Dr. Cheng Chi
Dr. Ruihan Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Li/Na storage materials and beyond Li/Na-ion batteries
  • nanomaterials and composite electrode materials
  • advanced electrolyte
  • flexible or stretchable electrodes and devices
  • supercapacitors and fuel cells
  • two-dimensional materials
  • nano/micro on-chip devices
  • mechanical or chemical or electric energy storage materials and devices

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Approaches for Enhancing Wastewater Treatment of Photocatalytic Fuel Cells: A Review
by Penghui Li, Xiaohan Zhou, Haoyi Yang, Yun He, Yujiao Kan, Yang Zhang, Yanan Shang, Yizhen Zhang, Xiaoqiang Cao and Michael K. H. Leung
Materials 2024, 17(9), 2139; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17092139 - 2 May 2024
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Environmental pollution and energy crises have garnered global attention. The substantial discharge of organic waste into water bodies has led to profound environmental contamination. Photocatalytic fuel cells (PFCs) enabling the simultaneous removal of refractory contaminants and recovery of the chemical energy contained in [...] Read more.
Environmental pollution and energy crises have garnered global attention. The substantial discharge of organic waste into water bodies has led to profound environmental contamination. Photocatalytic fuel cells (PFCs) enabling the simultaneous removal of refractory contaminants and recovery of the chemical energy contained in organic pollutants provides a potential strategy to solve environmental issues and the energy crisis. This review will discuss the fundamentals, working principle, and configuration development of PFCs and photocatalytic microbial fuel cells (PMFCs). We particularly focus on the strategies for improving the wastewater treatment performance of PFCs/PMFCs in terms of coupled advanced oxidation processes, the rational design of high-efficiency electrodes, and the strengthening of the mass transfer process. The significant potential of PFCs/PMFCs in various fields is further discussed in detail. This review is intended to provide some guidance for the better implementation and widespread adoption of PFC wastewater treatment technologies. Full article
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