Nanotechnology and Nanomatereials for Energy Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024)
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Interests: triboelectric nanogenerators; blue energy harvesting; power management; self-powered systems
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2. School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Interests: nanogenerators; energy harvesting; energy storage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Under the dual pressures of global ecological environment deterioration and an increasing shortage of traditional fossil energy, utilizing renewable energy has become an important energy strategy for every country in the hopes of achieving social sustainability. Harvesting renewable energies from our ambient environments through the development of novel smart nanomaterials and micro/nanoscale energy technologies is of great practical significance. The emergence of nanogenerators, which can effectively harvest the environmental mechanical energy needed to generate electricity, provides a promising route to sustainable energy. The rapid development of nanogenerator technologies has gradually improved our understanding of energy harvesting. Also, new smart nanomaterials with new nanostructures need to be explored for nanogenerator systems in order to enhance the output performance and efficiency of nanogenerators. This Special Issue on “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Energy Applications” aims to cover recent achievements in the fields of novel nanomaterial fabrication and characterization as well as nanotechnology applications in environmental energy harvesting and self-powered systems.
Dr. Tao Jiang
Dr. Jianjun Luo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel nanomaterials
- nanomaterial fabrication and characterization
- nanotechnology applications
- environmental energy harvesting
- nanogenerators
- self-powered systems
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