The Preparation and Characterization of Carbon- and Silicon-Based Materials and Their Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
2. State Key Laboratory of Coal and CBM Co-Mining, North University of China, Taiyuan 030001, China
Interests: mesophase pitch-based carbon fiber; energy storage and conversion; nanocomposites
2. Center for New Pharmaceutical Development and Testing of Haikou, Center for Advanced Studies in Precision Instruments, Haikou 570228, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Material Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Interests: new electromagnetic wave absorption and electromagnetic shielding materials; atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology; marine environmental corrosion protection; energy materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of science and technology, the design and preparation of various materials are changing with each passing day. Facing interdisciplinary and frontier crossing, the functionalization of various materials presents them with novel characteristics in different fields. Based on the consideration of the current novel phenomenon research in the cross-field, it is also very necessary to carry out the preparation and structural characterization of materials (such as carbon materials, silicon-based composites, etc.) and study their applications in various fields.
The design and manufacture of high-performance nanostructured materials that can exhibit special physical and chemical properties is important as they serve as eco-friendly key materials applied in catalysis, electromagnetic shielding, electromagnetic wave absorption, energy storage, adsorption, etc.
This scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:
- Experimental research, knowledge, and new ideas in carbon fibers (mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers, PAN-based carbon fibers, carbon nanocoils, graphene-based carbon fibers, etc.).
- High-performance new electromagnetic wave absorption and electromagnetic shielding materials with coating design.
- The latest development of energy storage and conversion, understanding the degradation mechanisms, new energy storage mechanisms of ion-batteries, capacitors, etc.
- Development and application of atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology.
- Environmental functional materials applied in corrosion protection, anti-pollution materials, adsorption, , with novel coating design.
- Novel catalyst with novel design and fabrication.
Dr. Liyong Wang
Prof. Dr. Guizhen Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new electromagnetic wave absorption and electromagnetic shielding materials
- environmental functional materials
- novel coating design
- new energy materials and devices
- energy storage and conversion
- novel catalyst
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