New Trends in Advanced Materials for Energy Storage

Dear Colleagues,

The benefits of using energy storage along with different technical systems, such as heat and power generation, energy distribution, and waste energy reuse, are undoubtedly numerous. Improving the energy performance indicators of various technological processes by integrating energy storage leads to sustainability and improvements in economic metrics, and reduces the environmental impact. The design of energy storage systems is driven by the selection of specific energy storage technology and the development of appropriate technical components. While different engineering decisions can be considered, scientists and engineers try to solve the fundamental problems related to the technical design and implementation of the specific energy storage technology. The performance of the specific energy storage technology is correlated with the characteristics of materials working under design conditions. The research and development of advanced materials is one of the key areas resulting in the improvement of such performance indicators as energy storage capacity, energy storage density, power density, and storage efficiency. Attention must be paid to issues such as lowering the specific cost of the energy storage system, minimizing the carbon footprint, achieving a reasonable size of the storage, reducing energy loss, and extending the expectancy of the lifetime of the materials used in the energy storage.

Authors are invited to publish their original research articles, review articles, short communications, or letters intended to cover studies with a focus on materials for energy storage, new and improved characterization methods of materials, and case studies and applications of advanced materials in the field of thermal energy storage, electricity storage, and energy conversion.

Dr. Oleksandr Skrylnyk
Dr. Emilie Courbon
Prof. Dr. Marc Frere
Guest Editors

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