Emergent Materials - Special Issue
Cutting-edge materials for energy conversion and storage (AFMD 2024)
The development of new materials plays a crucial role in advancing science and technology to address the global challenges specifically pertaining to energy and sustainability. Understanding the materials ranging from micro to nano size provides a new dimension to explore the functional characteristics with application in emergent energy conversion and storage technologies.
The evolution of emergent materials stands at the forefront of innovations in energy conversion and storage technologies. The ongoing exploration of novel materials and their integration into practical devices holds the key to unlocking more efficient, affordable, and environmentally friendly energy solutions for the future.
The AFMD 2024 conference comprehends a wide range of subjects within the realms of materials science and nanotechnology, exploring front-line advancements. It aids as a forum for researchers, scientists, engineers, and professionals from various backgrounds to share their visions and explore recent innovations in advanced functional materials and devices.
This particular Special Issue, titled "Cutting-edge materials for energy conversion and storage," preferably addresses the synthesis, characterization, and utilization of advanced materials for energy conversion and storage technologies.
The submitted manuscripts encompass a range of potential themes, which include but are not limited to the following areas of study:
Waste heat recovery-thermoelectric materials, wearable and flexible thermoelectric devices, piezoelectric and pyroelectric materials, photovoltaics-dye sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells, and perovskite solar cells, water splitting- oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction, supercapacitor, Na and Li-ion batteries, and hydrogen storage.
Submission Deadlines
Opening date: 1 February 2024
Closure date: 31 July 2024
Guest Editors
Dr. Navaneethan Mani (lead guest editor)
Nanotechnology Research Centre, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India
navaneem@srmist.edu.in (this opens in a new tab)
Dr Katarzyna Krukiewicz
Centre for Organic and Nanohybrid Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
katarzyna.krukiewicz@polsl.pl (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Naoki Wakia
Department of Electronics and Material Science, Shizuoka University, Japan
wakiya.naoki@shizuoka.ac.jp (this opens in a new tab)
Prof. Mohamed M. Chehimi
Université Paris Cité & CNRS, ITODYS (UMR 7086), F-75013 Paris, France
Mohamed.chehimi@cnrs.fr (this opens in a new tab)