Novel Nanomaterials for Applications in Energy and Catalysis

Dear Colleagues,

With an increasing worldwide energy demand and a growing need to protect our environment, the development of technologies for green-energy production and storage, renewable fuels, and closing the carbon cycle is of tremendous interest to the research community. Nanomaterials have shown breakthrough performance and potential for these applications due to nanoscale surface morphology and quantum confinement effects enabling their chemical reactivity and selectivity, catalytic behavior, and light-driven properties.

With the nanomaterial prospective for our global energy and sustainability challenges in mind, this Special Issue focuses on nanomaterials and nanocatalysts for energy storage and production, including:

1. (Photo)electrochemical hydrogen production catalysts;
2. Photo- and electrocatalysts for conversion of CO2 into fuels;
3. Nanomaterials for gas-to-liquid and power-to-X conversion technologies;
4. Materials for fuel cells;
5. Materials for photovoltaics;
6. Materials for batteries.

We invite authors to contribute original research and communication articles or comprehensive review articles covering the most recent progress and new developments in the design and utilization of nanomaterials for these photo-, electrochemical, and catalytic processes, which are relevant to applications in renewable energy and sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Anna Klinkova
Guest Editor

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