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:
- Energy Efficient Coatings (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Thin Films for Energy Storage and Conversion (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Coating Electrode Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Functional Magnetic and Dielectric Composites: Fabrication, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 21 May 2024)
- Advanced Polymer and Thin Film for Sustainable Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Synthesis, Characterization and Performance Enhancement of Electrode Coatings for Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advanced Electrode Coatings for Energy Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Design of Nanostructures for Energy and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Functional Nanomaterials-Based Flexible Electronics (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Advanced Photo- and Electrocatalytic Surface Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials for Catalysis and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Coatings for Advanced Devices (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Recent Advancement in Biological Microelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS) and Biomimetic Coatings (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Recent Progress of Inorganic Materials in Thin Film and Coatings for Functional Application (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Optical Thin Film and Photovoltaic (PV) Related Technologies, Volume II (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Thermoelectric Thin Films for Thermal Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advanced Research on Energy Storage Materials and Devices (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Recent Progress in Advanced Materials for Solid-State Lithium Batteries (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Multilayer Coatings for Nanomaterials: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Dielectric Materials for Energy Storage, Energy Harvesting and Electrocaloric Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Perovskite Photovoltaics: From Materials to Device Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Films: Properties and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- New Advances in Novel Optical Materials and Devices (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Characterization and Manufacturing of Nano-Composites and Nano-Composite Coatings (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- Latest Advances in Thin Films and Coatings for Photocatalytic and Photosensitive Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advanced Materials for Electrocatalysis and Energy Storage (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advance Coatings on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Nano/Micro Additive Lamination Fabrication: Novel Circuits Printing on Substrates (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Current Trends in Coatings for Gas Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advances in Growth, Coating, and Integration of 2D Materials (Deadline: 15 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)
- Recent Advances in Conducting Polymer Films and Coatings: Applications in Optoelectronics, Solar Cells, Electrochromics, and Biosensors (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Innovations in Nanostructured Coatings for Sustainable Energy Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advanced Functional Coatings and Materials for Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: