Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage
A section of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Section Information
Aims:
Energy production and storage represent some of the leading issues facing contemporary society. The production of highly efficient materials for energy applications, such as photovoltaics, hydrogen production/storage, energy harvesters, thermoelectrics, and others, keep pushing the field of protective and functional coatings to new horizons.
Motivated by the growing overlap between coating technology and energy fields, this Section of multifunctional Coatings for Energy Applications has been assembled. This Section aims to cover manuscripts combining rigorous coating technology development with novel applications in energy-related fields. We welcome contributions that provide clear improvements in designing, understanding, integrating, and developing energy production/storage coatings. Manuscripts dealing with organic or inorganic materials are also considered. Articles dealing with synthesis and characterization might be considered, as long as a relevant application in energy fields is clearly described.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Printable, tailored or nanostructured coatings for:
- Hydrogen production/storage;
- Photovoltaic materials (solar cell materials, solar absorbers, etc.);
- Photocatalytic coatings;
- Fuel cells/batteries;
- Supercapacitors;
- Electrochemically stable electrodes/coatings;
- Catalytically active coatings;
- Thermo/electrochromic coatings;
- Thermoelectric materials;
- Smart materials;
- Wind, geothermal, and wave energy application.
- Theoretical studies on protective coatings in energy fields.
- Mechanical and tribological aspects of active coatings.
- Functionally graded composites/nanocomposites.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Multilayer Coatings for Nanomaterials: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Structural, Optical and Photoelectric Properties of OLED Thin Films and Coatings (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Energy Storage and Conversion: From Materials, Devices to Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Films: Properties and Applications (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Environmentally Friendly Energy Conversion Materials and Thin Films (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Coatings as Key Materials in Catalytic Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Conducting Polymer Films and Coatings: Applications in Optoelectronics, Solar Cells, Electrochromics, and Biosensors (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Advances in Thin Films and Coatings of Surface Engineered Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Coatings for Advanced Devices (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Innovative Films and Coatings Applied to Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advanced Materials and Coatings for Photocatalytic Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Recent Innovations in Nanostructured Coatings for Sustainable Energy Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Materials, Coatings and Devices for Energy Storage/Generation and for Decontamination of Water (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Studying the Optoelectronic Applications of Coating Materials for Perovskite Crystals (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Recent and Future Applications of Coatings for Semiconductors (Deadline: 26 February 2025)
- Advanced Polymer and Thin Film for Sustainable Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Nanomaterials and Coatings for Solar Cells (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advanced 2D Materials and Wide-Band-Gap Compound Semiconductors: Epitaxial Growth, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Coating Materials for Energy Storage and Electrochemical Capacitors (Deadline: 19 April 2025)
- Characterization and Manufacturing of Nano-Composites and Nano-Composite Coatings (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Recent Progress in Advanced Materials for Solid-State Lithium Batteries (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Electrodes and Coatings for Energy Storage Applications: Batteries and Supercapacitors (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Thermoelectric Thin Films for Thermal Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advanced Coatings for Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advanced Coatings for Enhanced Electrochemical Catalysis and Energy Storage Technologies (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Design of Nanostructures for Energy and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Perovskite Films as Functional Coatings: Synthesis and Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Synthesis of Metal Oxide Aerogels and Its Application Progress in Coatings (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- High-Performance Dielectric Ceramic Films and Coatings for Energy Storage Capacitors (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advanced Coatings for Enhancing Properties and Applications of Organic/Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Recent Advances in Coatings and Materials for Novel Batteries (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advanced Functional Coatings and Materials for Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advanced Thin Films, Surface and Interface in Photocatalytic Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Nano/Micro Additive Lamination Fabrication: Novel Circuits Printing on Substrates (Deadline: 1 July 2025)
- Surface Modification of Advanced Transition Metal-Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Advanced Films and Coatings for High Energy Storage Systems (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- The Preparation and Characterization of Carbon- and Silicon-Based Materials and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Advanced Nanomaterials and Coating Technologies for High-Performance Electronic, Optoelectronic, Energy, and Sensing Devices (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Synergistic Effects of Coatings and Carbon Black on Surface Performance and Durability (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Novel Research on Optical Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
