Nanotechnology for Energy Conversion
A special issue of Nanoenergy Advances (ISSN 2673-706X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy harvesting; nanotechnology applicable to building envelopes; high reflective and cool materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While nature has provided us with a large variety of energy forms (wind, solar, thermal), these must be converted into electrical energy to be used in our everyday life. The development of such energy conversion processes has been one of the key aspects behind the social and economic development of humankind. However, it has also led us to the environmental crisis we now face. We must therefore find new energy sources and conversion processes that can harvest energy from all the renewable sources surrounding us. In that regard, a wide variety of device technologies has been developed in recent years. In particular, the emergence of the Internet of things (IoT) has opened the prospect of using small-scale energy generation to feed the low power consumption of modern electronics such as sensors or wearable devices, via technologies such as solar cells, thermoelectric, piezoelectric or triboelectric generators.
This Special Issue on Nanoenergy Advances invites original research papers and review articles to address the area of energy conversion technologies. It aims to cover recent experimental and theoretical advances (both research and application-oriented) in the field of nanotechnology for energy conversion, including photovoltaic cells, triboelectric, piezoelectric, or thermoelectric nanogenerators, among others. Electrical energy storage methods are also covered. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Energy conversion technologies and devices;
- Energy harvesting and storage;
- Triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators;
- Thermoelectric and thermionic generators;
- Solar cells and fuel cells;
- Hydrogen production and storage;
- Self-powered systems.
Dr. Joao Ventura
Dr. Ishara Dharmasena
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy conversion technologies and devices
- energy harvesting and storage
- triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators
- thermoelectric and thermionic generators
- solar cells and fuel cells
- hydrogen production and storage
- self-powered systems
