Special Issue "Electro-Catalysts for Energy Conversion and Storage Devices"
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 37942
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Interests: polymer electrolyte fuel cells; direct alcohol fuel cells; water electrolysis; metal–air batteries; dye-sensitized solar cells; photo-electrolysis; carbon dioxide electro-reduction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, with the threatening energy crisis and global warming, electrochemistry faces a great challenge as a discipline interfacing chemistry and electrical engineering. The efficient conversion and storage of energy are closely correlated to the development of electrochemical energy technologies, such as fuel cells, batteries and electrolyzers. Such devices are claimed to dominate the power supply market in a future sustainable energy economy. The practical efficiencies must be yet boosted before many of the aforementioned technologies become viable for large-scale use. In particular, more active, stable, and economically viable catalysts must be developed for the electrocatalytic processes occurring at practical electrodes of the cells. In this context, the research and development of efficient catalysts are key points to reach this target. This Special Issue is intended to present and discuss the most recent advances and developments in heterogeneous catalysis for application in electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices.
Dr. Vincenzo Baglio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFC)
- Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (DAFC)
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
- Polymer electrolyte and solid oxide electrolysers
- Metal-air batteries
- Advances in the design and synthesis of electrocatalysts
- Advanced carbonaceous, non-carbonaceous, and hybrid support for electrocatalysts
- Oxygen reduction and/or evolution reactions
- Electro-oxidation of alcohols and other organic fuels (formic acid, glycols, etc.)
- Hydrogen oxidation and/or evolution reactions