Advanced Electrocatalysts: Design, Characterization, and Applications in Sustainable Conversion Reactions
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editor
Interests: green chemistry; biomass conversion; electrocatalysis; polymer science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for clean energy and sustainable chemical processes has driven more research into the development of efficient and robust electrocatalysts. This Special Issue focuses on the design, synthesis, and/or in-depth characterization of novel electrocatalysts and catalytic systems tailored for key electrochemical reactions, including electropolymerization, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), biomass valorization, and plastics depolymerization.
We welcome contributions that explore innovative strategies for tuning the physicochemical properties of catalysts, such as their composition, structure, morphology, and electronic properties, to enhance their performance, selectivity, and durability. We particularly seek contributions that explore in situ and operando characterization techniques and theoretical modeling, as well as mechanistic studies, to provide insights into reaction pathways and catalyst dynamics under operating conditions.
This Special Issue aims to bridge fundamental understanding with practical applications, highlighting advances in the development of electrocatalytic systems that support a circular economy and decarbonization.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The rational design and synthesis of nanostructured and single-atom electrocatalysts;
- Hybrid or multi-component catalytic systems;
- In situ/operando characterization techniques;
- Electrochemical mechanisms and kinetic studies;
- Electrocatalysis for electropolymerization, ORR, OER, HER, CO2RR, NRR, and organic transformations;
- The electrocatalytic depolymerization of biomass and plastic waste;
- The integration of electrocatalysts into devices or systems (e.g., fuel cells, electrolyzers);
- Theoretical modeling and machine learning in catalyst design.
Dr. Bruno Manzolli Rodrigues
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrocatalysis
- nanostructured catalysts
- atomically dispersed catalysis
- sustainable catalysis
- oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)
- oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
- CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR)
- biomass conversion
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