Advanced Coating Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
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: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 4388
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An ever-increasing societal demand for energy calls for sustainable solutions to producing and storing energy. Recent theoretical and experimental developments in multifunctional coatings as single or multilayers covering nanomaterials are among the most highly exploited research areas in of energy storage and conversion science, either improving the efficiency or durability of the devices. Driven by the current knowledge of energy storage and conversion mechanisms, the need to maintain device performance and reliability assets under harsh environments, and a renewed impetus towards the durability of new nanostructured coating systems, have seen a huge demand for experimental, theoretical and modeling activities.
This collection covers the design of coating materials on devices about solar-cell, fuel-cell, battery and capacitor technologies, in addition to those focusing on the catalytic production of fuels using solar and electrical energy. The scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers on the following concepts:
- Theoretical and experimental research, knowledge and new ideas in energy storage and conversion of protective and preventive coatings materials.
- Recent developments in multi-functional organic, inorganic and hybrid coatings.
- Coatings produced by different processes, including but not limited to additive manufacturing processes, thermal spray, sputtering, laser and plasma processing, CVD, ALD, plating, etc.
- Experimental and processing high-performance coatings with exposure to high temperatures, high stress and other extreme environment applications.
- Understanding the degradation mechanisms of coatings on the device's performance and durability.
- The latest development of test methods considering the interplay between mechanical, chemical and electrochemical interactions and the ability to predict performance and/or reliability.
- Computer modeling and simulation to predict coating properties, performance, durability and reliability in energy storage and conversion systems.
Dr. Xiang Han
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy storage and conversion
- surface coating materials and techniques
- devices performance and durability evaluation
- theoretical modelling and experimental research
- degradation mechanisms of coatings on the device
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