Multi-Scale Microscopical Characterization of Microstructure in Energy Relevant Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material characterization; in situ electron microscopy; battery; catalysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: high-resolution (S)TEM; FIB/SEM; EDXS; multiferroic materials; solar cells
Interests: low energy STEM; 3D tomography; data-driven analysis; organic solar cells; SOFC; 2D materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue, ‘Multi-scale Microscopic Characterization of Microstructure in Energy Relevant Materials’ in Molecules.
The microstructure of energy-relevant materials plays a decisive role in determining their capacities, stability and conversion efficiency. An in-depth understanding of corresponding structure–property relationships is greatly needed for further advances in the design of high-performance materials. Therefore, the direct visualization of the microstructure and the chemical evolution of energy-relevant materials using advanced microscopical methodologies and techniques, from the micrometer down to the atomic scale, has become a necessity for achieving good full-scale device performance.
This Special Issue will focus on energy-relevant material characterization, including:
- Electron microscopy;
- X-ray microscopy;
- Optical microscopy;
- In situ or operando experiments;
- 3D tomography via electron and X-ray techniques;
- Alkaline ion batteries and beyond;
- Solar cells;
- Fuel cells.
Experimental and theoretical contributions in the form of full-length research articles, short communications and review manuscripts are welcome.
Dr. Yonghe Li
Dr. Xiaowei Jin
Dr. Martin Calkovsky
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- microscopical characterization
- in situ (operando) techniques
- electron microscopy
- X-ray microscopy
- optical microscopy
- energy-relevant cells
