Advancements in Electrochemical Energy Catalysts

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, global energy demands have been increased due to worldwide population and economic growth, and alternative sustainable, clean, and inexpensive energy production and storage sources are urgently required. Therefore, catalysts for photo- and electrochemical energy production and storage reactions have attracted enormous research interest. In particular, nanostructured catalysts have demonstrated significantly enhanced performance for electrochemical energy reactions and applications. This Special Issue invites authors to submit their original research articles, communications, progress work, and review articles focused on advanced catalysts for electrochemical energy production and storage reactions and applications. The catalyst types covered here include (but are not limited to) nanostructured photo- and electrocatalysts with different shapes, sizes, and morphologies; transition-metal-based catalysts; perovskites; and carbon- and modified-carbon-based catalysts. The electrochemical energy reactions covered in this issue include all types of fuel cell reactions involving hydrogen, methanol, urea, hydrogen peroxide, hydrides, and small organic molecule oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions. Moreover, articles that discuss photo- and electrocatalysts for hydrogen production, water-splitting reactions, carbon dioxide reduction, and utilization reactions are welcomed. Finally, submissions considering catalysts for energy storage reactions in batteries and supercapacitors are strongly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ali Ghanem
Guest Editor

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.