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Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2021) | Viewed by 5190
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Special Issue Editors

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
Interests: nanostructured materials design and synthesis; energy storage and conversion; surface coating; drug delivery; catalysis; water purification
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Interests: electrochemical fundamentals; nanomaterials; biomaterials; energy storage and conversion; carbon capture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced energy storage and conversion technologies have already played a crucial role in the fast-expanding market of portable electronic devices and electric vehicles. They are also the key technology for the future of sustainable energy due to the growing concerns around environmental issues (e.g., global climate change) caused by conventional fossil fuels and the intermittent nature of renewable energies. The performance of these devices heavily relies on the properties of applied materials. Exploring new materials that are low-cost, environmentally friendly, high-efficiency, and lightweight is essential to advance such technologies. In addition to performance, enhanced safety and system management of these technologies are also essential for practical applications.

This Special Issue invites all forms of contributions (communications, full papers, perspectives, and comments) in the electrochemical energy storage and conversion field. Lithium-ion and beyond Li-ion battery technologies (e.g., sodium/ magnesium/calcium/zinc/aluminium batteries, metal air, and redox flow batteries, supercapacitors) are all of interest. Topics can range from high-performance materials discovery, new characterization methods, fabrication process innovations, new device designs, safety, materials recycling, interfacial challenges, to reaction kinetics and mechanisms. Both fundamental and applied research in electrochemical energy storage technologies via experimental or computational methods is welcome.

Prof. Ling Fei
Prof. Shuya Wei
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy conversion and storage
  • nanomaterials
  • nanotechnologies
  • electrodes
  • electrolytes
  • interfaces
  • mechanisms

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Design and Simulation Studies of Hybrid Power Systems Based on Photovoltaic, Wind, Electrolyzer, and PEM Fuel Cells
by Hussein A.Z. AL-bonsrulah, Mohammed J. Alshukri, Lama M. Mikhaeel, Noor N. AL-sawaf, Kefif Nesrine, M.V. Reddy and Karim Zaghib
Energies 2021, 14(9), 2643; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en14092643 - 05 May 2021
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Abstract
In recent years, the need to reduce environmental impacts and increase flexibility in the energy sector has led to increased penetration of renewable energy sources and the shift from concentrated to decentralized generation. A fuel cell is an instrument that produces electricity by [...] Read more.
In recent years, the need to reduce environmental impacts and increase flexibility in the energy sector has led to increased penetration of renewable energy sources and the shift from concentrated to decentralized generation. A fuel cell is an instrument that produces electricity by chemical reaction. Fuel cells are a promising technology for ultimate energy conversion and energy generation. We see that this system is integrated, where we find that the wind and photovoltaic energy system is complementary between them, because not all days are sunny, windy, or night, so we see that this system has higher reliability to provide continuous generation. At low load hours, PV and electrolysis units produce extra power. After being compressed, hydrogen is stored in tanks. The purpose of this study is to separate the Bahr AL-Najaf Area from the main power grid and make it an independent network by itself. The PEM fuel cells were analyzed and designed, and it were found that one layer is equal to 570.96 Watt at 0.61 volts and 1.04 A/Cm2. The number of layers in one stack is designed to be equal to 13 layers, so that the total power of one stack is equal to 7422.48 Watt. That is, the number of stacks required to generate the required energy from the fuel cells is equal to 203 stk. This study provided an analysis of the hybrid system to cover the electricity demand in the Bahr AL-Najaf region of 1.5 MW, the attained hybrid power system TNPC cost was about 9,573,208 USD, whereas the capital cost and energy cost (COE) were about 7,750,000 USD and 0.169 USD/kWh respectively, for one year. Full article
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