Green Materials for Energy Storage
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 1956
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hybrid functional materials; bio-based materials; phase change materials; carbons; characterization
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Interests: polymers; composites; chemical synthesis; characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy storage is a solution to the mismatch between energy supply in an energy-abundant period and a period when demand raises. The growing need for and interest in renewable energy calls for the development of advanced materials that offer reliability and improvements in the way that energy is managed from its production and conversion to its storage and release.
The sustainable use of nature-derived resources to create high-performance functional materials has become the focus of academic research and industrial applications. The intrinsic properties of nature-based materials enable advanced materials to be tailored with specific functionality. For example, biopolymers derived from plants and microorganisms have attracted immense interest due to the possibility that they could replace petroleum-based materials. Porous carbons derived from biomass have received considerable attention in the field of energy storage due to their conductivity, specific surface area, and chemical stability.
This Special Issue, entitled "Green Materials for Energy Storage", aims to highlight new studies and findings in this major multidisciplinary field. Contributions to the issue can be in the form of original research or review articles that concern environmentally friendly materials designed to store and manage energy.
Dr. Roza Yazdani
Dr. Hossein Baniasadi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy storage
- bio-based materials
- phase change materials
- thermochemical materials
- battery materials
- ionic liquids
- carbons
- polymers
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