In order to meet the carbon neutrality demand, renewable energy systems must be incorporated with large scale energy storage and clean power-producing devices, and electrochemical energy devices such as fuel cells, batteries, electrolyzers, etc. will be essential. As 1T heat engines, electrochemical energy devices require uniform temperature distribution for their best performance and durability. However, waste heat production and removal results into complex heat transfer processes that are always coupled with fluid flow, mass transfer, and electrochemical reactions, making thermal management challenging and hindering their commercial applications. State of the art technologies in this field are still far from meeting the demand in engineering applications. Consequently, it is essential to further investigate the complex heat transfer mechanisms and develop advanced, cost-effective and efficient thermal management strategies and technologies for electrochemical energy devices or systems.
This Research Topic is devoted to exploring the fundamental understanding of physical mechanisms in electrochemical energy devices or systems from micro to macro scales, and it also promotes innovation of analytical, experimental, numerical, and artificial intelligence (AI, e.g. machine learning) methods for the research of heat transfer coupled with multi-physical transport phenomena such as mass transfer, multiphase flow, electron/proton conduction, and electrochemical reactions. In addition, this Research Topic also aims to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends of thermal management technologies of electrochemical energy devices or systems, which are expected to promote the development of highly efficient and effective thermal management strategies for improving the performance of electrochemical energy devices or systems.
The current research topic focuses on all aspects of significant heat transfer phenomena and advanced thermal management technologies with regard to electrochemical energy devices or systems such as fuel cells, Li-ion batteries, metal-air batteries, redox flow batteries, electrolyzers, etc. Research, short communication, perspective, and review manuscripts are all welcome in this research topic.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Heat transfer coupled with electrochemical reactions;
• Multi-scale and Multi-physical modelling;
• Advanced thermal management technologies;
• Innovative analytical, experimental, and numerical methods;
• Application of intelligence algorithms, e.g., Machine Learning.
In order to meet the carbon neutrality demand, renewable energy systems must be incorporated with large scale energy storage and clean power-producing devices, and electrochemical energy devices such as fuel cells, batteries, electrolyzers, etc. will be essential. As 1T heat engines, electrochemical energy devices require uniform temperature distribution for their best performance and durability. However, waste heat production and removal results into complex heat transfer processes that are always coupled with fluid flow, mass transfer, and electrochemical reactions, making thermal management challenging and hindering their commercial applications. State of the art technologies in this field are still far from meeting the demand in engineering applications. Consequently, it is essential to further investigate the complex heat transfer mechanisms and develop advanced, cost-effective and efficient thermal management strategies and technologies for electrochemical energy devices or systems.
This Research Topic is devoted to exploring the fundamental understanding of physical mechanisms in electrochemical energy devices or systems from micro to macro scales, and it also promotes innovation of analytical, experimental, numerical, and artificial intelligence (AI, e.g. machine learning) methods for the research of heat transfer coupled with multi-physical transport phenomena such as mass transfer, multiphase flow, electron/proton conduction, and electrochemical reactions. In addition, this Research Topic also aims to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends of thermal management technologies of electrochemical energy devices or systems, which are expected to promote the development of highly efficient and effective thermal management strategies for improving the performance of electrochemical energy devices or systems.
The current research topic focuses on all aspects of significant heat transfer phenomena and advanced thermal management technologies with regard to electrochemical energy devices or systems such as fuel cells, Li-ion batteries, metal-air batteries, redox flow batteries, electrolyzers, etc. Research, short communication, perspective, and review manuscripts are all welcome in this research topic.
Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
• Heat transfer coupled with electrochemical reactions;
• Multi-scale and Multi-physical modelling;
• Advanced thermal management technologies;
• Innovative analytical, experimental, and numerical methods;
• Application of intelligence algorithms, e.g., Machine Learning.