Chemistry Africa - Special Issue
3D electrocatalysts and Their applications for chemical and hydrogen production
Sustainable and environmentally friendly energy storage and conversion technologies are essential to satisfy the dramatically increasing global energy demand and to reduce the dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels. Developing novel materials plays a key role in improving the properties and performance of devices in various electrochemical energy applications. Due to the growing energy crisis and environmental concerns, seeking clean and sustainable energy sources is becoming one of the most important global issues. It has attracted the increasing interest of researchers from all over the world. In particular, research about 3D catalysis in energy, including electrocatalysis, is an important direction, as it can greatly improve the efficiency of energy storage and conversion or may even create new ways to utilize energy. This Special Issue aims to introduce the latest progress made in research on advanced 3D electrocatalyst materials in energy and the environment. Increasing progress in hydrogen technologies prompted nations worldwide to incorporate hydrogen in their energy legislations, which ensured a good number of national hydrogen strategies as a key factor for a future green energy society, addressing societal challenges such as climate change and energy security of supply. Breakthroughs in sustainable energy materials are required to enable new capabilities with enhanced properties and functionalities for hydrogen end-use through research and development focused on defined targets of efficiency, durability and cost.
The Special Issue of 3D electrocatalysts and their applications for chemical and hydrogen production will contain selected papers presented at the International Conference on SMART NANOTECHNOLOGIES to be held from 6-8 July 2023, at Visakhapatnam, India. We look forward to seeing your latest research to be presented at the conference https://iconsnt.smartnanosolutions.qa), actively participating and sharing your ideas on smart nanotechnologies, and presenting and discussing the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered, and the solutions adopted in Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials.
This Special Issue will mainly include manuscripts focused on 3D electrocatalysis. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, chemical and hydrogen production using 3D electrocatalysts, various chemicals such as alcohols, organic acids, and carbon monoxide, and the production of high-value products such as drugs and plastics. Etc. The topics also include 3D catalysts for all types of electrochemical cells and electrochemical reactions involved in energy conversion and storage devices and catalysts for electrochemical synthesis processes (e.g., electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, hydrogen evolution, organic molecules oxidation, electrochemical hydrogenation, ammonia electrosynthesis and electro reduction reactions). Insights on innovative 3D catalyst synthesis strategies, materials characterization, and correlation between materials properties and electrocatalytic activity and catalysts durability are particularly welcome.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications and reviews are all welcome.
Opening Date: 7 June 2023
Closing Date: 30 December 2023
Guest Editors
Dr. Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni
Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar Univesity, Qatar
email: kishor_kumars@yahoo.com
Prof. Jaehwan Kim
Department of Mechanical Engineering, lnha University, South Korea
email: jaehwan@inha.ac.kr
Dr. Mohd Muzamir Mahat
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
email: mmuzamir@uitm.edu.my
Dr. Bijandra Kumar
Dept. of Math., Comp. Sci., & Eng. Tech. Elizabeth City State University, USA
email: bkumar@ecsu.edu