Development of Devices for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Generation
A special issue of ChemEngineering (ISSN 2305-7084).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 78
Special Issue Editor
Interests: 2D materials surface; thin films; photo-induced force microscopy; chemical and biochemical redox model systems; bio-physicochemical characterization; organic chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy availability and efficient storage are crucial for technological advancement, influencing everything from renewable integration to portable electronics. Politically, energy security has shaped global economies and policies, driving innovation in cost-effective and high-performance storage solutions. Advances in energy production through solar, hydroelectric, wind, and electrochemical or photoelectrochemical water splitting must be matched by equally effective energy storage technologies.
Energy storage ensures immediate accessibility, stabilizes power grids, and supports applications in transportation and commercial sectors. Batteries, supercapacitors, and hydrogen storage systems paired with fuel cells enable flexible, on-demand energy delivery. Recent innovations in electrochemical energy storage focus on novel materials, advanced manufacturing techniques, and cost-efficient fabrication while maintaining high stability, durability, and energy density.
This special issue highlights cutting-edge strategies for designing and developing affordable yet high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices. We invite original, high-quality research emphasizing long-term stability, cycling durability, and optimized energy density.
The topics covered in this issue are broad. Some examples are:
- Fundamentals of electrochemical energy storage
- Thermodynamics and kinetics, redox reactions and charge transfer, Nernst equation, mass transport and diffusion.
- Battery technologies
- Lithium-ion, sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, metal-air, flow and multivalent-ion batteries.
- Capacitors and hybrid storage devices
- Supercapacitors, ultracapacitors, lithium-ion capacitors and asymmetric capacitors.
- Hydrogen energy storage
- Water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and fuel cells.
- Electrode and electrolyte materials
- Carbon, metal oxides and sulfides, polymers and organic materials, solid electrolytes, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents.
- Performance metrics and testing
- Advanced characterization techniques
- Manufacturing and scalability
- Emerging trends and future directions
Dr. Maziar Jafari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fundamentals of electrochemical energy storage
- battery technologies
- capacitors and hybrid storage devices
- hydrogen energy storage
- electrode and electrolyte materials
- performance metrics and testing
- advanced characterization techniques
- manufacturing and scalability
- emerging trends and future directions
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