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Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

Edited by:
Olivier Fontaine, PhD, University of Montpellier, France
Pu Mao, PhD, Nanchang Hangkong University, China
Qian Zhang, PhD, Nanjing Forestry University, China

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 19 April 2025


Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering is calling for submissions to our Collection on "Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage".

New Content ItemThis collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy; and SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Olivier Fontaine, PhD, University of Montpellier, France

Since 2012, Dr. Olivier Fontaine has been an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Montpellier, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, specializing in fundamental electrochemistry and nanomaterials chemistry. Currently, he is on secondment to Thailand until August 2024. After earning his doctorate in molecular electrochemistry, he gained multidisciplinary expertise through postdoctoral positions at the Collège de France and the University of St Andrews. Since October 2020, he has been a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research focuses on using molecular electrochemistry to understand batteries and supercapacitors.

Pu Mao, PhD, Nanchang Hangkong University, China

Dr. Pu Mao is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, P.R. China. He received his Ph.D. from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2020 and was a visiting Ph.D. student at the National University of Singapore. His research interests include high-performance lead-free ferroelectric ceramics, colossal permittivity ceramics, and polymer-based nanocomposite dielectric films for energy storage. He has led projects for the NSFC and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, and serves as a peer reviewer for high-quality journals.

Qian Zhang, PhD, Nanjing Forestry University, China

Dr. Qian Zhang is an Associate Professor at the College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, since April 2020. She obtained her doctoral degree in organic chemistry from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017 and then joined Hebei Agricultural University as an Associate Professor. Her research focuses on synthesizing porous carbon nanomaterials using various nanotechnologies such as activation, templating, hydrothermal methods, CVD, electrodeposition, and electrospinning, with applications in aqueous energy storage devices and electrocatalytic water splitting.


About the Collection

The development of advanced materials for energy conversion and storage has garnered significant attention in the field of mechanical and materials engineering. This Collection aims to gather research that explores the design, synthesis, and characterization of materials for applications in energy conversion and storage, including electrocatalysis, hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, perovskite materials, supercapacitors, and lithium-ion batteries. We invite submissions that investigate the performance, durability, and sustainability of advanced materials in energy-related technologies.
 
It is important for us to continue advancing our collective understanding in this area to address the growing demand for sustainable energy solutions. Recent advances have demonstrated the potential of advanced materials to enhance the efficiency and stability of energy conversion and storage devices. Additionally, research has focused on the development of novel materials with improved catalytic activity, energy density, and cycling stability, paving the way for more reliable and cost-effective energy technologies.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of research articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. 

Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Editorial Manager. Please select the appropriate Collection title "Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.