Guest Editors
Prof. Dr. Lukas W Snyman
Email: snymalw@unisa.ac.za
Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability, College for Science Engineering and Technology, South Africa
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Research Interests: Optoelectronics; Thermal Physics; Renewable Energies
Prof. Dr. Xolile Fuku
Email: fukuxg@unisa.ac.za
Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research, South Africa
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Research Interests: water-energy nexus; green chemistry; electrochemical technologies for energy conversion and storage; electrochemical sensors; catalysis; nanotechnology
Dr. Moshawe Madito
Email: maditmj@unisa.ac.za
Affiliation: Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research, South Africa
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Research Interests: applied electrochemistry (advanced electrochemical capacitors for energy management); graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites; nuclear materials and solid state interactions; experimental solid state physics (materials science and technologies)
Summary
Thermal energy is one of the most abundant forms of energy on planet Earth. Various macro- and micro-climates have been established. Our lives on Earth are affected by some or other variety of climate change, as well as by human carbon footprints.
Researchers are invited to contribute in one or more of the following areas:
· Macro- and micro-climate effects and changes;
· Availability of thermal energy on earth;
· Collection of thermal energy;
· Storage of thermal energy;
· Conversion to other forms;
· Conversion to electricity;
· Micro- and nano-technology effects;
· Elimination of thermal energy.
Keywords
thermal energy, optoelectronics, solid-state electronics, solid-state devices, physics