Surface and Interface Modification of Graphite and Graphene-Based Materials for Energy and Sensor Applications, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 786
Special Issue Editors
2. National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Roma Tre Section, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy
Interests: surface science; material science; surface and interface chemistry; TOF-SIMS; QCM; chemometrics; sensors
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Interests: surface science; material science; physical and chemical properties of the solid/liquid interface; EC-SPM; optical properties of surfaces and interfaces; SDR; RAS
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is focused on recent developments in carbon-based materials for applications in energy and sensor devices. It covers their synthesis, structures, properties, and theory materials. Particular attention will be paid to the modification of graphite, graphene, and their composites. These novel materials have attracted the interest and the research focus of the scientific community. The applications of such materials have already found great success in the areas of solar cells, photocatalytic water splitting, batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells. At the same time, they are also promising candidates for the sensor detection of volatile compounds and biological materials.
The following are potential subjects of interest for this Special Issue:
- Intercalation of atoms and molecules in graphite;
- Cutting-edge techniques for the characterization of graphite and graphene-based materials;
- Modification of graphite and graphene for applications as biosensors, gas sensors, and liquid sensors;
- Modification of graphitic electrodes for applications in batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells;
- Density functional theory (DFT), Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics (MD) calculations to better understand the structural, chemical, and electrical properties of graphite and graphene composites.
Dr. Luca Tortora
Dr. Gianlorenzo Bussetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- graphene, graphite, HOPG
- intercalation
- surface analysis
- energy, sensors
- DFT, molecular dynamics
- electrodes, electrochemistry
- solar cell
- photocatalytic water splitting, batteries
- hydrogen storage
- fuel cells, QCM, biosensors, gas sensors, liquid sensors
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