In recent times, innovative materials has played a central role in the development of new technologies, in many areas of application. In a rapidly changing world, the development of new materials is needed to meet today and tomorrow’s technological challenges. There are many examples, like electronic components, photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, storage systems just to name a few, for which the engineering of new materials opens the doors to the creation of new devices, or allows existing ones to improve their performance or efficiency. The development of new materials takes time and has a cost due to the effort on the research and the numerous tests that are necessary.