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NanoEnergyisamultidisciplinary,rapid-publicationforumoforiginalpeer-reviewedcontributionsonthescienceandengineeringofnanomaterialsandnanodevicesusedinallformsofenergyharvesting,conversion,storage,utilizationandpolicy.
Throughitsmixtureofarticles,reviews,communications,researchnews,andinformationonkeydevelopments,NanoEnergyprovidesacomprehensivecoverageofthisexcitinganddynamicfieldwhichjoinsnanoscienceandnanotechnologywithenergyscience.
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Theeditorswelcomecontributionsonavarietyoftopicssuchas:BatteriesFuelCellsHydrogengenerationandstorageLightemittingdiodesOptoelectronicdevicesforefficientenergyusagePhotovoltaicsPiezoelectricnanogeneratorsPolicyandperspectivesinenergySelf-powerednanodevices/nanosystemsSupercapacitorsThermoelectricsIMPACTFACTOR.
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Editor-in-ChiefZhongLinWang,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnologySchoolofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UnitedStatesNanowires,TEM,Piezoelectrics,nanogeneratorsAssociateEditorsKhalilAmine,ArgonneNationalLaboratory,UnitedStatesXiaCao,ChineseAcademyofSciences,ChinaLimingDai,CaseWesternReserveUniversity,UnitedStatesChenguoHu,ChongqingUniversity,ChinaSang-WooKim,SungkyunkwanUniversitySchoolofAdvancedMaterialsScienceandEngineering,TheRepublicofKoreaJunLiu,PacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory,UnitedStatesSanjayMathur,UniversityofCologne,GermanyAlbertoVomiero,LuleaUniversityofTechnology,SwedenEditorialBoardGabrielAbadalBerini,AutonomousUniversityofBarcelonaNano-optoelectromechanicalSystemsforEnergyLaboratory,SpainTakeshiAbe,DepartmentofEnergyandHydrocarbonChemistryKyotoUniversity,JapanYoshioBando,NationalInstituteforMaterialsScience,JapanAreasofexpertiseinclude:synthesisof1D/2Dinorganicnanomaterials;advancedelectronmicroscopyXinheBao,DalianInstituteofChemicalPhysics,ChinaFlemmingBesenbacher,AarhusUniversityInterdisciplinaryNanoscienceCenter,DenmarkGuozhongCao,UniversityofWashingtonDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UnitedStatesGangChen,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologySolidStateSolarThermalEnergyConversionCenter,UnitedStatesLih-JuannChen,NationalTsing-HuaUniversityDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,TaiwanLi-JenChou,NationalTsing-HuaUniversityDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,TaiwanYiCui,StanfordUniversityDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UnitedStatesStephenForrest,UniversityofMichiganDepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience,UnitedStatesLucaGammaitoni,UniversityofPerugiaDepartmentofPhysicsandGeology,ItalyYuryGogotsi,DrexelUniversityDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UnitedStatesAndersHagfeldt,FederalPolytechnicSchoolofLausanneLaboratoryofPhotomolecularScience,SwitzerlandCharlesLieber,HarvardUniversityDepartmentofChemistryandChemicalBiology,UnitedStatesChainTsuanLiu,CityUniversityofHongKongDepartmentofMechanicalandBiomedicalEngineering,HongKongMeilinLiu,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnologySchoolofMaterialsScienceandEngineering,UnitedStatesHongjieLuo,ShanghaiInstituteofCeramicsChineseAcademyofSciences,ChinaWilliamMilne,UniversityofCambridgeDepartmentofEngineering,UnitedKingdomArthurNozik,NationalRenewableEnergyLaboratory,UnitedStatesRichardPalmer,UniversityofBirminghamSchoolofPhysicsandAstronomy,UnitedKingdomChintamaniN.
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A.
J.
Hanraads,R.
A.
Lupton,Theartofwritingascientificarticle,J.
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Theartofwritingascientificarticle.
Heliyon.
19,e00205.
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