About this Research Topic
Electrochemical energy storage (EES) systems are helpful in improving the intermittency of renewable energy production systems, including fuel cells, solar cells, wind, and tide, by providing a platform for large-scale energy storage as well as realization of electric vehicles (EVs). Among various EES systems, batteries and supercapacitors (SCs) are the main systems that can store energy at a large scale, although they face challenges regarding poor power and energy densities, respectively, which mostly originate from electrodes. Nanostructuring and subsequent tuning at the molecular level introduces new features to the resulting structures, allowing for enhanced electrochemical responses. Such rationally tailored nanomaterials have led to advanced technologies in next-generation devices that can achieve the theoretical predictions of electrochemical energy conversion and storage, and to deliver electrical energy rapidly and efficiently.
Tailoring the surface chemistry, particle size, porosity, and composition of nanomaterials in order to harness maximum activity has been intensively investigated in recent times. It is therefore timely to investigate new trends in material design to present solutions for upcoming challenges in electrochemical processes and electrochemical devices. In addition to developing novel materials, an understanding of the processes taking place on the surface of nanomaterials is critical to uncovering their underlying mechanisms. Understanding nanoscale processes may bring about new concepts that revolutionize these fields and introduce new devices and technologies.
We welcome papers pursuing these goals and addressing some of the critical problems listed below in energy conversion (e.g. water catalysis) and storage devices (e.g. batteries and supercapacitors). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Atomic scale designing of materials, benefiting from computational modelling for better understanding of electrochemical processes.
• An atomistic understanding of catalytic and other electrochemical processes at interfaces
• In-situ observation of nanoscale electrochemical processes in catalysis and electrochemical energy storage.
• New electrode chemistries designed to address critical challenges of current nanodevices.
• New synthesis strategies for developing 3-Dimensional hierarchical electrode nanomaterials.
• Improving the understanding of basic phenomena, especially relating theoretical observations to actual findings; drawing conclusions as to why a specific nanomaterial behaved in a particular manner.
• Exploring the surface chemistry and absorption sites in nanomaterials for water catalysis.
Tailoring the surface chemistry, particle size, porosity, and composition of nanomaterials in order to harness maximum activity has been intensively investigated in recent times. It is therefore timely to investigate new trends in material design to present solutions for upcoming challenges in electrochemical processes and electrochemical devices. In addition to developing novel materials, an understanding of the processes taking place on the surface of nanomaterials is critical to uncovering their underlying mechanisms. Understanding nanoscale processes may bring about new concepts that revolutionize these fields and introduce new devices and technologies.
We welcome papers pursuing these goals and addressing some of the critical problems listed below in energy conversion (e.g. water catalysis) and storage devices (e.g. batteries and supercapacitors). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Atomic scale designing of materials, benefiting from computational modelling for better understanding of electrochemical processes.
• An atomistic understanding of catalytic and other electrochemical processes at interfaces
• In-situ observation of nanoscale electrochemical processes in catalysis and electrochemical energy storage.
• New electrode chemistries designed to address critical challenges of current nanodevices.
• New synthesis strategies for developing 3-Dimensional hierarchical electrode nanomaterials.
• Improving the understanding of basic phenomena, especially relating theoretical observations to actual findings; drawing conclusions as to why a specific nanomaterial behaved in a particular manner.
• Exploring the surface chemistry and absorption sites in nanomaterials for water catalysis.
Keywords: nanomaterials, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, electrochemcial process, structure-property relationship
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