Exploring New Materials for the Transition to Sustainable Energy
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 December 2025 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue “Exploring New Materials for the Transition to Sustainable Energy” aims to focus on relevant material properties and material design strategies that may lead to efficient and sustainable applications. Therefore, the goal of this issue is to emphasize the connection between synthesizing and characterizing suitable nanostructured materials to be used in strategic applications, which may lead to final performant products.
The adoption of nanomaterials holds the potential to enhance efficiency, affordability, and environmental sustainability. Nanomaterials, of different sizes and shapes, have applications spanning various areas, including generating, converting, transporting, and storing the oldest and newest sources of energy. This includes a wide range of applications, such as photocatalysis and solar cells, as well as energy storage and saving technologies.
Papers that aim to address the transition towards more efficient and sustainable solar energy systems are welcomed.
Dr. Raluca Mereu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- structural characterization
- nanocrystalline materials
- thermal behavior
- design materials
- electronic structures (interface electronic structure)
- photocatalytic (materials, behavior, degradation)
- solar energy (solar cells, energy conversion)
- energy storage (electrolytes, energy storage materials, batteries)
- transport properties
- electrochemical energy systems (battery; supercapacitor)
- functional materials
- sustainable materials
- electrochemical materials
- materials for energy
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