Carbon-Free Support Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Dear Colleagues,

Carbon black is the most commonly used catalyst support for electrocatalysts (mainly PEM based fuel cells) due to its high surface area and high conductivity. However, under certain automotive fuel cell operation conditions (start–stop), carbon can corrode rapidly, resulting in significant and irrecoverable loss in performance. To address this issue, it is desirable to explore non-carbon supports with high conductivity, high surface area, and high corrosion resistance under fuel cell operating conditions.

In this Special Issue of Batteries, we invite both fundamental and applied research original articles, letters, as well as review and feature articles and perspective views on the technological developments and realization of various supports materials of electrocatalysts for energy storage and conversion devices. Gathering cutting-edge knowledge and the latest experience will contribute to the advancement of energy conversion and storage technology.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Fundamental issues of support materials in catalyst stability;
• All area of fuel cells catalysts based on non-carbon support materials;
• Modelling and degradation mechanism of catalysts;
• Small organic molecules (e.g., formic acid, methanol) electrooxidation based on non-carbon support catalysts;
• Non-carbon support catalyst for electrolysis (water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen reduction);
• Novel electrode materials for batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells.

Dr. Jahangir Masud
Guest Editor

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• Carbon-free catalyst supports
• Fuel Cells
• Batteries
• Flow-battery
• Capacitors
• Water electrolysis
• Oxygen reduction reaction
• Nitrogen reduction reaction
• CO2 to value-added products