Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for Fuel Cells
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2024) | Viewed by 5200
Special Issue Editor
Interests: characterization techniques; carbon-based nanostructures; direct methanol fuel cells; environmental functional materials; oxygen electrocatalysis; microbial fuel cells; nanomaterials; non-noble metals-based electrocatalysts
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Humankind is currently facing enormous energy and environment problems that require urgent adoption of new energy supply technologies that use renewable energy sources efficiently. In this aspect, fuel cells have been considered one of the most promising efficient power generation technologies for a sustainable future. Fuel cells are devices that efficiently transform the chemical energy of hydrogen or other fuels (including chemicals and organic wastewater) into clean electricity. They basically convert the chemical energy residing in a chemical bond to electricity, delivering high power density and good conversion efficiency.
Fuel cells come in different types depending on the electrolytes and the fuels used, and the performance of fuel cells, among others, strongly depends on the types of electrocatalysts and membranes used in the systems. The rational design and fabrication of chemically engineered nanomaterials, including new carbon-based nanocatalysts (such as graphene and its derivatives, carbon nanotubes, biomass-derived carbon, and carbon structured in an orderly manner), new noble/non-noble metal catalysts, ion-exchange membrane materials, electrocatalyst carrier materials, and aqueous electrolyte/ionic liquids are the focus of current fuel cell research.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials will cover the latest advances in nanomaterials and nanotechnology for fuel cells, not only in terms of syntheses and characterizations of novel materials, but also in terms of reports on functional and intelligent technologies for use in working devices. The main objective is to discover and engineer (bio-)energy storage and conversion processes in fuel cells with high conversion efficiency and power density.
Prof. Dr. Jinlong Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- aqueous electrolyte/ionic liquids
- carbon-based nanocatalysts
- electrode support material
- electrode catalysts
- energy conversion and storage
- ion-exchange membranes
- noble/non-noble metals-based catalysts
- nanoscale bio-based materials
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