Advanced Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

Dear Colleagues,

We sincerely invite you to submit both original research papers and comprehensive review manuscripts to this Special Issue on “Advanced Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion”.

Meeting energy demands with clean, secure, and sustainable sources is one of the most remarkable yet arduous missions of the 21st century. Although fossil fuels could potentially meet future demands, they cause tremendous consequences: global climate change and an ecological imbalance. Therefore, the new technological revolution in renewable energy has been regarded as the foundation for sustainable social development. Due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, a global energy transformation can only be implemented if large-scale energy storage and conversion systems are developed, with many electrochemical energy technologies expected to play key roles in renewable energy utilization. The development of advanced catalysts and deeper fundamental understandings of electrocatalytic processes are at the core of many electrochemical technologies, being critical components of related systems and devices.

In this Special Issue, we aim to collect the most recent advances in material design and development for electrocatalytic energy conversion and storage processes. Main topics will include, but are not limited to:

1. Battery-based energy storage technologies at different scales.
2. Electrocatalytic production of fuels and chemicals.
3. Simulation/prediction of catalytic reaction activity and its application in photic, electric, and magnetic properties.

Prof. Dr. Peng Gao
Prof. Dr. Di Bao
Prof. Dr. Liangxin Ding
Dr. Xianbiao Fu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Catalysts is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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