Carbon Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Application
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 143
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon materials; zeolites; metal nanoparticles; surface chemistry; high pressure adsorption; porous materials; heterogeneous catalysis; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; energy storage; electrochemical capacitors; batteries; fuel cells electrodes; hydrogen storage; hydrogen production; biomass conversion; pollutant removal
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: carbon materials; surface chemistry; electrochemical reactions; catalysts
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Highly efficient electrocatalytic processes are expected to contribute solutions to current energy and environmental issues. Due to their low cost, high stability, tunable surface chemistry, desirable electrical and mechanical properties, as well as large accessible surface area, carbon materials are attractive materials for utilization in catalysts for electrocatalytic applications, such as those involved in energy storage and conversion, the removal of water pollutants and electrochemical sensors. Generally, carbon materials are the main component of electrocatalysts, typically being employed as a support for active phases, including metal oxides or noble metal nanoparticles. Carbon black and graphite have long constituted the preferred support in commercial carbon-based electrocatalysts, but novel nanostructured carbon materials such as graphene, graphene oxide, templated carbons and carbon nanotubes have attracted great interest and have contributed to the design of advanced electrocatalysts for various applications. Moreover, recent studies have revealed that carbon materials can act as catalysts without the need for metals, by doping them with heteroatoms or by creating carbon defects.
The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to present novel electrocatalysts based on carbon materials. This Special Issue focuses on electrochemical reactions over carbon materials, such as the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). As electrochemical reactions also occur in water treatment and sensing applications, studies focusing on the carbon materials employed in these applications are also welcome in this Special Issue. We invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles addressing state-of-the-art progress in Carbon Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Applications.
Prof. Dr. Diego Cazorla-Amorós
Guest Editor
Dr. Atsushi Gabe
Dr. Jhony Xavier Flores-Lasluisa
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- fuel cells
- electrolyzers
- metal–air batteries
- water treatment
- electrochemical sensors
- carbon material
- energy conversion
- electrocatalysts
- hybrid compounds
- electrochemical reactions
