Innovations in Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
A Special Issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) belonging to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 116
Editor
Interests: metal nanoparticles; photocatalysis; semiconductors; nanomaterials; heterojunctions; water splitting; green hydrogen; water decontamination; metal oxides; renewable energy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition toward sustainable energy systems has accelerated the demand for clean and efficient hydrogen production technologies. Among these, water splitting has emerged as a promising pathway, in which the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) plays a central role.
Recent advances in catalysis, materials science, and nanotechnology have opened up new avenues for the design of innovative catalysts with enhanced performance. These developments include the engineering of nanostructured materials, single-atom catalysts, hybrid systems, and novel transition-metal compounds, which aim to optimize catalytic activity, selectivity, and durability.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform to highlight cutting-edge research on the development of advanced catalysts for HER. Contributions that bridge experimental and theoretical approaches, offering mechanistic insights as well as practical implications for large-scale hydrogen production, are particularly encouraged.
Given the multidisciplinary scope of Molecules, encompassing catalysis, nanoscience, physical chemistry, and materials chemistry, this Special Issue welcomes contributions that integrate these fields to advance molecular-level understanding and technological applications.
Topics of Interest
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Design and synthesis of electrocatalysts for HER (metals, alloys, oxides, sulfides, phosphides, carbides, nitrides, etc.);
- Single-atom catalysts and nanostructured materials;
- Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production;
- Mechanistic studies and reaction pathways in HER;
- Theoretical modeling and computational approaches (DFT, machine learning);
- In situ and operando characterization techniques;
- Catalyst stability, degradation, and durability studies;
- Scalable and sustainable catalyst development;
- Interface engineering and hybrid catalytic systems.
We would like to invite original research articles, reviews, and communications that contribute to the understanding and advancement of HER catalysis. By gathering contributions from leading researchers, this Special Issue seeks to foster collaboration and promote innovative solutions for next-generation hydrogen production technologies.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Socorro Oros-Ruiz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction
- electrocatalysis
- green hydrogen
- metal nanoparticles
- carbon-supported catalysis
- metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
- nanomaterials
- heterostructures
- water splitting
- photoreforming
- artificial photosynthesis
- catalysts design
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