Novel Materials and Advanced Characterization for Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 6692
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium/sodium/potassium-ion batteries; neutron diffraction/XAS application; solid oxide fuel cells; solid oxide electrolyzer cells; proton ceramic fuel cells
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lithium-ion batteries have greatly improved people’s lives and play an important role in reducing global carbon dioxide release. However, due to resource and cost constraints, many other batteries are also extensively researched and developed, such as sodium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, magnesium-ion batteries, Li-S batteries, Li-O2 batteries, etc. In addition, to reduce the CO2 content in the atmosphere and convert it into high-added-value fuels and products, electrocatalysis and solid oxide electrolysis cells etc. are promising strategies. It is worth noting that both strategies are applicable for the production of H2 using water as feed. However, for both batteries and catalysis, there is still much room for improvement in order to meet the needs of practical applications. Such improvements will greatly facilitate the development of the fields through the application of novel materials and advanced characterization technologies.
This Special Issue aims to present and publish the most recent novel materials, advanced characterization techniques, new theories and mechanisms in the fields of batteries and catalysis, etc.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Various energy storage materials and devices.
- The development and utilization of materials in the fields of electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, thermocatalysis, etc.
- Advanced mechanisms studies.
- The application of advanced characterization techniques.
Dr. Qingyuan Li
Dr. Jen-Hung Fang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Batteries
- Catalysis
- Solid oxide electrocatalysis cells
- Advanced characterization
- In situ/operando methods
- X-ray adsorption spectroscopy
- Neutron diffraction
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