About this Research Topic
The carbon dioxide emissions caused by human society’s heavy use of fossil fuels are blamed for global warming. It is widely accepted that carbon neutrality is the key to the sustainability of human society. In the worldwide decarbonization campaign to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, green and clean energy technologies play a crucial role in coping with the global energy crisis and climate change issues. Porous materials are ubiquitous in many energy-relevant applications spanning from efficient energy conversion to reliable energy storage, owing to their rapid charge transfer property, high specific surface area, and abundance of active sites that can dramatically boost the performance of materials.
Designing and processing of cost-effective, high-performance and durable porous materials and components are of great interest to academia and industries nowadays in order to harness energy more efficiently and in a cleaner way. To this end, a good understanding of the nano, micro, meso, and macro pore-scale adsorption, reaction, transport, and other multiphysics coupled phenomena in porous materials is essential for the tuning design of the porous materials.
This Research Topic aims to address recent advances in porous materials with applications to various aspects of energy conversion and energy storage (catalysts, batteries, supercapacitors, electrolyzers, solar cells, fuel cells, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and thermal energy storage). The recent advances will cover but not be limited to cutting-edge materials synthesis and processing technologies, as well as all-scale modeling of porous materials and their energy storage applications as abovementioned.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Reviews, Mini-Reviews, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Characterization and processing of porous materials and devices
• Heat and mass transfer phenomena in porous materials
• Electrochemistry in porous materials and devices
• Multiscale and multiphysics coupled modeling in porous materials
• Microstructural modeling of porous materials
• Big data, machine learning, deep learning and AI applied to R&Ds of porous materials
Designing and processing of cost-effective, high-performance and durable porous materials and components are of great interest to academia and industries nowadays in order to harness energy more efficiently and in a cleaner way. To this end, a good understanding of the nano, micro, meso, and macro pore-scale adsorption, reaction, transport, and other multiphysics coupled phenomena in porous materials is essential for the tuning design of the porous materials.
This Research Topic aims to address recent advances in porous materials with applications to various aspects of energy conversion and energy storage (catalysts, batteries, supercapacitors, electrolyzers, solar cells, fuel cells, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and thermal energy storage). The recent advances will cover but not be limited to cutting-edge materials synthesis and processing technologies, as well as all-scale modeling of porous materials and their energy storage applications as abovementioned.
We welcome the submission of Original Research, Reviews, Mini-Reviews, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Characterization and processing of porous materials and devices
• Heat and mass transfer phenomena in porous materials
• Electrochemistry in porous materials and devices
• Multiscale and multiphysics coupled modeling in porous materials
• Microstructural modeling of porous materials
• Big data, machine learning, deep learning and AI applied to R&Ds of porous materials
Keywords: Porous Materials, Energy Conversion, Energy Storage
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