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School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an 710049, China
Dr. Hairui Cai
School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an 710049, China
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Innovative Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

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Dear Colleagues,

To meet the sustainable development goals, great efforts have been devoted to developing clean energy conversion and storage systems across the globe. Material innovation is a vital part of achieving high-efficiency energy conversion and storage. Today, many effective optimization methods have been applied to material innovation, and some important progress has been made in the research for energy conversion and storage materials. However, there are still many common challenges to realizing high-efficiency energy conversion and storage, including materials’ structure design, the REDOX mechanism in energy conversion and storage, the behavior of charge transport, and so on. Thus, this topic invites innovative articles on diverse aspects of energy conversion and storage materials, which include but are not limited to:

  • Innovative Materials for Lithium/Sodium Ion Batteries;
  • Innovative Materials for Metal-Air Batteries;
  • Innovative Materials for Supercapacitors;
  • Innovative Materials for Fuel Cells;
  • Innovative Materials for Water Splitting;
  • Innovative Materials for CO2 Reduction Reaction;
  • Innovative Materials for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction;
  • Innovative Materials for Biology Energy.

All types of manuscripts (original research, reviews, short communications) are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Shengchun Yang
Dr. Bin Wang
Dr. Hairui Cai
Topic Editors

Keywords

  • sustainable development
  • energy conversion and storage
  • innovative materials
  • lithium/sodium ion batteries
  • metal-air batteries
  • supercapacitors
  • fuel cells
  • water splitting
  • CO2 reduction reaction
  • nitrogen reduction reaction
  • biology energy

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Applied Sciences
applsci 		2.7 4.5 2011 15.8 Days CHF 2300
Energies
energies 		3.2 5.5 2008 15.7 Days CHF 2600
Materials
materials 		3.4 5.2 2008 14.7 Days CHF 2600
Solar
solar 		- - 2021 16.8 Days CHF 1000
Nanomaterials
nanomaterials 		5.3 7.4 2011 11.7 Days CHF 2900

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Controlled Growth Cu2S Nanoarrays with High-Performance Photothermal Properties
by
Huanran Miao
,
Yanlong Wu
,
Cheng Zhou
,
Zhimao Yang
and
Chuncai Kong
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(7), 1260; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13071260 - 03 Apr 2023
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The controlled growth of Cu2S nanoarrays was constructed by a facile two-step impregnation synthesis route. The as-synthesized Cu2S/CuO@Cu samples were precisely characterized in terms of surface morphology, phase, composition, and oxidation states. At the laser irradiation of 808 nm, [...] Read more.
The controlled growth of Cu2S nanoarrays was constructed by a facile two-step impregnation synthesis route. The as-synthesized Cu2S/CuO@Cu samples were precisely characterized in terms of surface morphology, phase, composition, and oxidation states. At the laser irradiation of 808 nm, Cu2S/CuO@Cu heated up to 106 °C from room temperature in 120 s, resulting in an excellent photothermal conversion performance. The Cu2S/CuO@Cu exhibited excellent cycling performance—sustaining the photothermal performance during five heating-cooling cycles. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation of optical absorption and electric field distributions assured the accuracy and reliability of the developed experimental conditions for acquiring the best photothermal performance of Cu2S/CuO@Cu. Full article
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Communication
The Saturation of the Response to an Electron Beam of Ce- and Tb-Doped GYAGG Phosphors for Indirect β-Voltaics
by
Petr Karpyuk
,
Mikhail Korzhik
,
Andei Fedorov
,
Irina Kamenskikh
,
Ilya Komendo
,
Daria Kuznetsova
,
Elena Leksina
,
Vialy Mechinsky
,
Vladimir Pustovarov
,
Valentina Smyslova
,
Vasilii M. Retivov
,
Yauheni Talochka
,
Dmitry Tavrunov
and
Andrei Vasil’ev
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(5), 3323; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053323 - 06 Mar 2023
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GYAGG:Tb (Ce) scintillators have been confirmed to be promising sources of light emission when excited by an intense 150 keV electron beam. The saturation of the scintillation yield under such excitation conditions has been studied. To explain the results obtained, a model that [...] Read more.
GYAGG:Tb (Ce) scintillators have been confirmed to be promising sources of light emission when excited by an intense 150 keV electron beam. The saturation of the scintillation yield under such excitation conditions has been studied. To explain the results obtained, a model that considers the Auger quenching mechanism was used. The Ce-doped material did not show saturation, whereas a moderate 30% drop of the yield was measured in the Tb-doped sample at the highest excitation beam intensity ~1 A/cm2. This put forward a way to exploit the Tb-doped scintillator for indirect β-voltaic batteries. Full article
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Communication
The Construction of Phosphorus-Doped g-C3N4/Rh-Doped SrTiO3 with Type-II Band Alignment for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
by
Bin Wang
,
Peng Li
,
Hanjing Hao
,
Huijie He
,
Hairui Cai
,
Fanfan Shang
,
Bei An
,
Xiaoqian Li
and
Shengchun Yang
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(24), 4428; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12244428 - 12 Dec 2022
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It is of great importance to promote charge separation in photocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation. In this work, a type-II heterostructured photocatalyst was constructed by compositing phosphorus-doped g-C3N4 (P-CN) and Rh-doped SrTiO3 (Rh-STO) via a [...] Read more.
It is of great importance to promote charge separation in photocatalysts for enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation. In this work, a type-II heterostructured photocatalyst was constructed by compositing phosphorus-doped g-C3N4 (P-CN) and Rh-doped SrTiO3 (Rh-STO) via a thermal calcination treatment. A series of characterizations were conducted to investigate the structure of heterostructured P-CN/Rh-STO. It was found that Rh-STO interacted with in situ generated P atoms from the decomposition of P-CN during the calcination process, thus leading to the formation of heterojunction of P-CN/Rh-STO. Compared with the single component, i.e., P-CN or Rh-STO, the obtained P-CN/Rh-STO showed superior photocatalytic activity to that of both P-CN and Rh-STO due to the effective charge separation across the heterojunction between P-CN and Rh-STO. Full article
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