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A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2023 | Viewed by 1516
Special Issue Editor
Interests: green hydrogen production technology; atomic-level catalyst modification; thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen evolution; nanomaterials; renewable energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen (H2) is considered as a green energy carrier with the highest energy density per unit mass, and water is the only product of its combustion. Today, most H2 is produced from fossil resources through a steam reforming process that involves significant fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Thus, efficient and sustainable H2 production technologies are urgently needed, although some green hydrogen production technologies (such as photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, piezocatalysis, etc.) have attracted extensive attention and been widely regarded as promising strategies to solve the increasing global energy crisis and environmental problems. The large-scale application for green hydrogen production technologies is severely restricted by the low efficiency, poor stability and high production costs to date. Hence, seeking highly active, stable and low-cost catalysts is of great significance for realizing industrial-scale H2 generation.
This Special Issue focuses on exploiting new materials; modifying the existing materials (such as textural and crystal modification, interfacial heterostructure construction, elements doping, noble metal loading, surface sensitization and so on); demonstrating the thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen evolution; and revealing the underlying catalytic mechanism. Potential topics include but are not limited to the above aspects. The issue aims to attract researchers in order to improve hydrogen evolution efficiency and promote industrialized application for green hydrogen production technology.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Wenhui Feng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
- piezocatalysis
- single-atom catalysis
- heterogeneous catalysts
- surface/interface engineering
- defect engineering
- new materials
- thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen evolution