Submit your work before 10 January 2025
Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Nanoscale are pleased to announce an open call for papers for a joint cross-journal collection on nanogenerators.
Ever since the first nanogenerator was invented by Wang’s group in 2005, several important fields have been evolved. Through continuous development over the years, various kinds of nanogenerators have been introduced based on their source of energy for harvesting: mechanical energy (triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators), and thermal energy (pyroelectric and thermoelectric nanogenerators). Besides, different functional materials with various properties can be used in the hybridizing and coupling of different nanogenerators for harvesting different energies simultaneously. By deploying many performance-enhancing techniques, nanogenerators can supply power to portable electronics and have greater potential for a revolution in the IoT, AI, and HMI sectors.
Guest Edited by Professor Zhong Lin Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Professor Ya Yang (Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) and Professor Pooi See Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), this Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Nanoscale collection will capture the cutting-edge innovations in nanomaterials synthesis, simulation, device fabrication, and system integration that are driving this field forward.
Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:
- Piezoelectric materials
- Ferroelectric materials
- Thermoelectric materials
- Triboelectric nanogenerators
- Piezoelectric nanogenerators
- Pyroelectric nanogenerators
- Thermoelectric nanogenerators
- Hybridized and coupled nanogenerators
- Self-powered sensors
The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed.
How to submit
Articles can be submitted at any time before the deadline via our online submission system to any of the participating journals. Please see the journals’ webpages linked above for more information on their scope, standards, article types and author guidelines and for more information on how to submit.
This open call is open for submissions of:
- Full Papers
- Communications
All manuscripts will undergo the normal initial assessment and peer review processes, if appropriate, in line with the journal’s high standards, managed by the journal editors. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are published and they will be featured in a regular issue of the relevant journal and collated online into the collection. Please note that peer review or acceptance are not guaranteed.
If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the journal submissions platform. Please quote the themed collection code XXNanGen24 when prompted in Step 4 of your submission in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and mention that this is in response to the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection.
If you have any questions about the collection or the submissions process, please do contact the Editorial Office at materials-rsc@rsc.org and they will be able to assist.
Your institute may have a Read & Publish agreement in place with the Royal Society of Chemistry. This means that you may be able to publish gold open access for free in all the hybrid journals we publish – maximising the visibility and impact of your article to the broadest possible audience. Your institution’s agreement may already include the article processing charge for publishing as a corresponding author. Check here to find out more and to see if your institution has an R&P deal in place.
We look forward to receiving your submission!
