Research on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion/Evolution Materials and Devices

Dear Colleagues,

The depletion of fossil fuels and fast-progressing technological innovations raises severe, global ecological and energy concerns. Therefore, the universal energy paradigm is swiftly bending from fossil fuels to sustainable renewable energy storage and zero-emission hydrogen energy generation sources.

Supercapacitors, a well-known electrochemical capacitor from the family of batteries, have triggered remarkable research interest because of their features, such as cost-effectiveness, fast charging ability, high power density, and long cycle span. The supercapacitor market will grow into a multi-billion-dollar business worldwide by the year 2041 and will cover nearly 10% of the battery market as per IDTechEx market reports.

Additionally, hydrogen is the most significant energy source due to its high efficiency, clean and green fuel, and high energy density, substituting traditional fossil fuel-based energy sources to achieve a zero-emission and pollution-free environment. South Korea and a few European countries have already opened hydrogen-filling fuel stations for vehicles. Toyota and Hyundai, etc., have produced hydrogen energy-operated vehicles for transportation.

We invite the prospective authors to submit research or review articles to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences before the deadline of 20 March 2023.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality reviews and original research papers, in the fields of:

• Supercapacitors;
• Energy storage devices;
• Electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions;
• Photocatalytic hydrogen generation.

Dr. Sagar Mane
Prof. Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Mishra
Dr. Jay Singh
Guest Editors

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