Focused Topics and Areas
The National Conference on Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage: Functional Materials, Systems, and Applications (NCSECS-2024) intends to bring together researchers from the following main subjects and its allied areas. The themes and more details about the topics are listed in the NCSECS-2024 conference website,
1. Battery Technologies:
Materials development for batteries
Cell design optimization
Performance enhancement and durability
Safety considerations
Emerging battery chemistries and technologies
2. Supercapacitors and Energy Storage Devices:
Materials advancements for supercapacitors
Design and optimization of energy storage devices
Performance characterization and evaluation
Integration of supercapacitors into energy systems
3. Electrolyte Materials:
Development of novel electrolyte materials
Electrolyte Design and Engineering
Electrolyte Stability and Compatibility
Ion Transport and Conductivity
Electrochemical and Interfacial Properties
4. Fuel Cells and Energy Conversion:
Fuel cell materials and catalysts
System design and engineering
Performance evaluation and efficiency improvements
Integration of fuel cells into energy conversion systems
5. Solar Energy Conversion:
Materials for photovoltaics or solar cells
Solar thermal systems and technologies
Efficiency enhancements and innovations
System design and integration of solar energy conversion
6. Materials Characterization and Modeling:
Spectroscopic and microscopy techniques for material analysis
Electrochemical characterization methods
Computational modeling and simulation for energy materials
Relationships between material structure and properties
7. Environmental Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis:
Life cycle assessment of energy storage and conversion technologies
Integration of renewable energy sources for sustainability
8. Flexible Energy Harvesting Materials:
Development of flexible materials for energy harvesting
Novel materials with enhanced flexibility and performance
Design and Fabrication of Flexible Energy Harvesters
Scalable fabrication techniques for flexible devices
9. Electrolysis and Hydrogen production
Advanced electrolyzer design and materials
High-efficiency and low-cost electrolysis systems
Alkaline electrolysis, , Proton exchange membrane (PEM)
OER, HER, ORR
Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC)
10. Photocatalysis:
Development of efficient photocatalyst materials
Light harvesting and utilization
Stability and durability of photocatalysts
Integration of photocatalysis with water splitting systems
Engineering of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells