Ion Conducting Membranes for Electrochemical and Waste Water Treatments Applications
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 161
Special Issue Editor
Interests: development of new materials for energy storage; energy transformation and energy utilization; batteries; fuel cells; electrochemical capacitors; electrolytic production and utilization of hydrogen; new generations of solar cells; microbial fuel cells; sizing of solar and energy storage systems and metallurgical processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes studies on the elaboration and characterisation of the mechanisms of reaction and transfer of membranes, as well as their degradation mechanisms. It also seeks to include research modelling the characteristics of membranes, organic/inorganic composite membranes and bipolar membranes. We aim to discuss the theory of charge distributions and transfer in membranes, composites membranes and bipolar membranes. Protonic and anionic conducting membranes for electrochemical technology applications are also a focus. Particularly welcome are studies that explore the development of new proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) and anion-exchange membranes (AEMs) for solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Other examples of membranes that we welcome for discussion in this Special Issue include conducting polymers membranes for solid batteries; bipolar PEMs and AEMs for solid-polymer electrolysers and electrodialysis; membrane sand composites for microbial fuel cell and microbial electrolytic cells; membranes and composite membranes for wastewater treatments. Contributions should also deal with the performances of proton-exchange and anion-exchange membranes and composites in solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cells, the performances of membranes and composite membranes in solid-polymer electrolyte batteries, the performances of proton-exchange and anion-exchange bipolar membranes for solid-polymer electrolysers, the utilisation of multicriteria decision making methods for membranes and composites membranes, and the utilisation of proton-exchange–anion-exchange bipolar membrane selections for electrochemical technology applications.
Prof. Dr. Oumarou Savadogo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ion-conducting polymer
- proton-exchange membrane
- anion-exchange membrane
- solid-polymer membrane fuel cell
- solid alkaline membrane fuel cell
- solid polymer electrolyser
- proton-exchange–anion-exchange acid–alkaline bipolar membrane for water electrolysis
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