Modification Strategies on Engineering Electrocatalysts Related to Nanomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, electrocatalysis undeniably plays a key role in energy conversion and storage technologies, which shows wide applications encompassing fuel cells, water splitting devices and metal-air batteries. Therefore, searching and constructing highly active, stable electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage devices is extremely appealing. Owing to the slow kinetics of electrocatalytic reactions that strongly restrict their performances and applications, modification strategies on engineering electrocatalysts should be proposed to enhance the activity of electrocatalysts. Starting from atomic structures, catalytic mechanisms, and functionality, the developments of modification strategies require comprehensive design perspectives. Consequently, it is anticipated that these modification strategies offer some new understandings on rationally constructing highly active and stable electrocatalysts for energy conversion and storage devices.

The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials is aimed at presenting the current state-of-the-art in the use of modification strategies on engineering electrocatalysts, a field that has been hot topics among these years. For example, nanostructure design, defects engineering and strain engineering are often proposed to modify the electrocatalytic performances. However, deep understanding of relationships among modification strategy, atomic structures, fundamental mechanism, and functionality are strongly needed, which may pay new ways for further investigations. The proposed Special Issue is inviting original articles in form of communications, full papers, and reviews demonstrating the progress in the research fields of modification strategies on engineering electrocatalysts from atomic structures, fundamental mechanism, and functionality, which shows applications in energy conversion and storage devices.

Dr. Xiaohang Zheng
Dr. Jinghuang Lin
Dr. Xijun Wei
Dr. Bao Liu
Dr. Qiang Zhang
Guest Editors

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