New Energy Exploitation and Application

Topical Collection on "Multiscale and Multiphysics Approaches for Integrating Nanostructured Materials in Advanced Energy Systems"

A topical collection of New Energy Exploitation and Application (NEEA) (E-ISSN: 2754-5652).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024

Prof. Dr. Eden Mamut, Prof. Dr. Tony Georgiev Spassov and Prof. Dr. Sergei Ivanovich Sidorenko are calling for new submissions. Submit your work now!

Collection Editors: 

Prof. Dr. Eden Mamut
Institute for Nanotechnologies and Alternative Energy Sources, Ovidius University of Constanta, 124 Mamaia Blv., Constanta, Romania
Research Interests: thermodynamic modeling and simulation; heat & mass transfer at nano and microscales; multiscale and multiphysics modeling; renewable energy sources; digital tools for thermal engineering

 

Prof. Dr. Tony Georgiev Spassov
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1st James Bourchier st, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
Research Interests: nanocrystalline (nanostructured) and amorphous materials; hydrogen storage materials; high temperature oxidation and corrosion of metalic alloys; high temperature oxidation of amorphous; nanocrytalline and polycrystalline materials; chemical and electrochemical corrosion of mg-based alloys

 

Prof. Dr. Sergei Ivanovich Sidorenko
Department of Physics of Metals, National Technical University of Ukraine, "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", 37, Prospect Beresteiskyi (former Peremohy), 03056, Kyiv, Ukraine
Research Interests: laying the foundations of advanced technologies on the basis of theoretical and experimental studies of diffusion processes; phase formation and other physical phenomena in thin metal films of high-temperature superconductors; silicide; multi-component and multi-layer structures

 

Topical Collection Information:

Dear Colleagues,

Nanotechnology is considered one of the most promising transformative technologies of the 21st century. It started with the famous talk of Richard Feynman in 1959 entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, [1] and continued by the formal definition of the term in 1974 by Norio Taniguchi. [2]. So, this year we are celebrating 50 years of research and application of an area of research that is a continuously expanding, contributing to almost every field of science as natural sciences and engineering, materials science, medicine, agriculture, information/communications technologies and this list continues to grow.

In 2015 the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this document, the heads of UN member states have committed their countries that: “Until [..] 2030, to end poverty and hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources. [..] also to create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking into account different levels of national development and capacities.”

Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the UN General Assembly in 2015, Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7 or Global Goal 7) aims to "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all" [3].

At the celebration of 50 years of research on nanotechnologies and at the mid-road to the 2030 UN SDGs, we would like to invite distinguished members of the scientific community to propose approaches and solutions to address SDG 7 by nanotechnologies. The proposed papers have to be original works in the field of synthesis and manufacturing of “safe-by-design” nanomaterials and nanoforms, multiscale and multiphysics approaches for integrating nanostructured materials in advanced energy systems as photovoltaics, fuel cells, electrochemical systems, batteries, applied nanosciences for Green Energy Transition, CO2 mitigation and absorption or integration in different value chains or classical energy conversion technologies with enhanced properties based on nanomaterials and nanotechnologies.

References
[1] Feynman, R. There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics, 1959; https://web.pa.msu.edu/people/yang/RFeynman_plentySpace.pdf (accessed 2024-02-25).
[2] Taniguchi, N. On the Basic Concept of Nanotechnology. Proceedings of the International Conference on Production Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 1974; pp 18– 23.
[3] United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sustainable Development. The 17 Goals; https://sdgs.un.org/goals (accessed 2024-02-25).

Prof. Dr. Eden Mamut
Prof. Dr. Tony Spassov
Prof. Dr. Sergei Sidorenko
Collection Editors

Keywords:

  • nanotechnologies
  • nanomaterials
  • multiscale
  • multiphysics
  • advanced energy systems
  • green energy transition

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