Nanoscience for Renewable Energy
Manuscript Submission Deadline:
July 01, 2017
Publication Date: December 2017
Keywords: Advanced Materials, Composites, Energy, Energy Conversion and Storage, Nanotechnology, Surface Modification and Coatings, Synthesis and Processing
Scope: Papers are invited on topics including nanocomposites for: 1. Scalable methods to split water with sunlight for hydrogen production; 2. highly selective catalysts for clean and energy-efficient manufacturing; 3. harvesting solar energy with potentially up to 20% power efficiency and 100 times lower cost; 4. solid-state lighting at up to 50% of the present power consumption; 5. reversible hydrogen storage materials potentially operating at ambient temperatures; 6. power transmission lines capable of 1 gigawatt transmission; 7. low-cost fuel cells, batteries, thermoelectrics, and ultra-capacitors; 8. materials synthesis and energy harvesting based on the efficient and selective mechanisms of biology.