Membranes for Energy, Optics, and Electronics
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 437
Special Issue Editor
Interests: membrane; separation; barrier; permeation; diffusion; sorption; heat and mass transfer; polymer hybrid; thin film composite; CO2 capture; natural gas sweetening; hydrogen purification; biomass; renewable resources; microplastics; biodegradable; semi-conducting polymer; thermoelectric conversion; super-critical CO2
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, the role of membranes has been of growing importance in various industrial fields such as energy, optical and electronical applications. Membranes are generally required to have further functionalities and improved performance for each application. Great efforts have been made recently in research on the development of membrane materials, their applications, and their commercialization all over the world. Recent works on these applications also concentrate on green sustainable aspects, such as low carbon, green processes, energy-saving, biodegradable property, etc., to mitigate recent global environmental problems (e.g., global warming, air/ocean pollution, depletion of fossil fuels).
This Special Issue broadly focuses on membrane applications for energy, optics and electronics. Therefore, this issue is focused on the following keywords: semiconducting materials, batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectric materials, electronic/electric materials, optical materials, separation/purification materials, barrier materials, etc. The topics of interest include not only the synthesis of novel membrane materials, membrane characterization, membrane performance and their applications, but also theoretical works.
The Guest Editor invites you to submit your original research or critical review articles to this Special Issue on “Membranes for Energy, Optics and Electronics”.
Dr. Shinji Kanehashi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- semiconducting materials
- batteries
- fuel cells
- thermoelectric materials
- electronic/electric materials
- optical materials
- separation/purification materials
- barrier materials
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