Advance in Novel Nanostructured Metal Oxide Electrocatalysts
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 569
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Interests: electrochemistry of conducting polymers; electrode materials for energy systems and environmental applications; electrochemical processing of textile fabrics
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Interests: electrochemical technologies; electroactive materials; wastewater treatment; energy storage and conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal oxides (MOx) constitute a unique family of materials that exhibit extraordinary versatility in chemical composition, atomic structure, morphology and conformation. As a result, they display a wide variety of exceptional electrical, catalytic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties to cover a wide range of applications. In the last few decades, the progress in nanotechnology has made possible the design and optimization of these materials at the nano-scale (in terms of forms and shapes—particles, tubes, fibers, etc.—, crystallinity, composition, films thickness, pores, defects, roughness, etc.), causing an outstanding enhancement of their known properties or bringing about new ones.
Particularly, electrically conductive nanostructured MOx are raising great expectations in the fields of environment protection and energy production. These materials can act as catalyst supports or electrocatalysts themselves to increase the activity and/or selectivity of distinct electrochemical processes, including those photo- and bio-assisted ones, like oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions, water splitting, oxygen and CO2 reduction reactions, fuels and pollutants oxidation, etc.
The aim of this Special Issue is to compile the latest advances and developments in the synthesis, characterization, chemistry-structure-properties relationship and applications of electroactive MOx, with special emphasis on the role of nano-scaled properties on their catalytic performance for electrochemical reactions. Topics may include but are not limited to innovative fabrication routes; new mixed, doped or multicomponent compositions; methods for controlled growth and tailored conformations; novel hybrids with polymers, metals, carbon materials, etc.; characterization techniques and properties studies; simulation and computational methods of nanostructured MOx and their application in energy conversion and storage, environmental remediation, water treatment, electrosynthesis, sensing, and so on, are all welcome.
It is our great pleasure to invite you to submit your manuscript and contribute to this Special Issue. Original, high-quality, and insightful research works in the form of short communications, full-length articles, and reviews are encouraged for submission.
Prof. Dr. César Quijada
Dr. Raul Berenguer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- conductive metal oxides
- (photo-/bio-) electrocatalysis
- rutile, spinel, perovskite
- metal oxide-based hybrid nanocomposites
- nanomaterials, nanostructure, nanopores
- fabrication routes: thermal, hydrothermal, sol-gel, electrochemical, CVD, PVD
- energy conversion and storage
- water splitting
- H2 and O2 evolution reaction
- O2 reduction reaction
- CO2 electroreduction
- water treatment and pollution remediation
- electrosynthesis
- sensors
