Two-Dimensional Materials as Electrocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 February 2026 | Viewed by 159
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrocatalysis; electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices; fuel cells; nanomaterials
Interests: electrocatalysis; electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices; electroanalytical chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue entitled “Two-Dimensional Materials as Electrocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications”. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as highly promising electrocatalysts for energy and environmental applications due to their unique physicochemical properties, such as high surface area, tunable electronic structures, and abundant active sites.
This Special Issue will highlight the latest advances in the design, synthesis, and application of 2D materials—such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), MXenes, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)—in electrocatalytic processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the roles of 2D materials in key reactions like the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO₂RR), all of which are vital to sustainable energy conversion and environmental remediation technologies.
This Special Issue will also address current challenges related to improving the catalytic activity, stability, and scalability of 2D materials. Particular emphasis will be places on strategies such as heteroatom doping, defect engineering, and hybridization with other nanomaterials to enhance electrocatalytic performance.
The integration of theoretical modeling and advanced characterization techniques plays a crucial role in understanding reaction mechanisms and guiding material design, so submissions reporting theoretical calculations and predictions are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving and sharing your innovative research studies.
Dr. Dusan Mladenovic
Prof. Dr. Biljana Šljukić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- two-dimensional materials
- electrocatalysis
- energy conversion
- environmental applications
- hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
- oxygen evolution/reduction reactions (OER/ORR)
- carbon dioxide reduction (CO₂RR)
- transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
- MXenes
- defect engineering
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