Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Emerging Technologies and Future Prospects
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrocatalysis; fuel cells; electrolyzers; hydrogen; electrochemical advanced oxidation processes
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Interests: electrochemistry and electrocatalysis; fuel cells; catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols; oxygen reduction reaction; environmental electrochemistry; nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In a future scenario where renewable energies (REs) play a preponderant role, hydrogen and fuel cells will have a significant role due to their intrinsic properties. Hydrogen is an energy vector that can assist in coupling energy supply and demand, sometimes mismatched by the irregular energy production of REs. Additionally, it is a crucial raw material in various industrial processes, including oil refining, petrochemical production, fertilizers, food processing, and metallurgy. Nevertheless, its current production is based on fossil fuel, especially steam natural gas reforming and coal gasification. Alternative green routes are mainly based on water electrolysis, whose development is hampered by the high final cost of H2. New technologies are then required to face the challenge of reducing the high price of green H2 to make it competitive. In this sense, this Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that address technological advances in this topic, such as more active and resistant materials, separators, and other related developments, as well as techno-economic analyses.
Coupled to hydrogen production, fuel cells emerge as power sources. To consolidate this technology as a viable alternative for both stationary and portable applications, new developments in the fields of electrodes and electrolyzers are required. Thus, this Special Issue also welcomes manuscripts devoted to the development of all the elements that compound a fuel cell, as well as techno-economic studies.
Dr. José Joaquín Linares León
Prof. Dr. Flávio Colmati
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen
- fuel cells
- electrodes
- electrocatalysis
- electrolytes
- electrolysis
- emerging technologies
- perspectives
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