Cutting-Edge Catalysts for Water Splitting and Hydrogen Production
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis for Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seawater electrolysis; water splitting; hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); electrocatalysts; electrochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen production via water splitting holds promise as a means to produce clean and sustainable energy. The key to its practical implementation lies in developing efficient, stable, and cost-effective catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
This Special Issue of Catalysts focuses on recent advances in catalytic materials and mechanisms for water splitting, particularly emphasizing electrocatalysis and hybrid systems. It aims to highlight advances in material synthesis, mechanistic understanding, performance optimization, and catalyst integration into practical devices. We encourage the submission of papers in the following areas:
- Advanced electrocatalysts;
- HER and OER mechanism studies;
- Hybrid catalytic systems;
- Low-cost or metal-free materials;
- Stability and efficiency optimization;
- Nanostructured and interface-engineered materials.
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for this Special Issue or have any questions, please contact the in-house editor, Ms. Georgie Guan (georgie.guan@mdpi.com).
Dr. Boran Wang
Guest Editor
Dr. Zisheng Wang
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- seawater electrolysis
- water splitting
- oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
- hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
- energy storage and conversion
- hydrogen (H2)
- electrocatalysts
- electrochemistry
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