Energy Advances
Blue and Green Hydrogen Production and Storage
Submissions open:
1 January 2023
Deadline:
15 June 2023
This Energy Advances themed collection will showcase the role both blue and green hydrogen will play in reaching net-zero carbon emissions targets. Papers published in this collection will cover the chemistry, physics, applied and fundamental materials science and engineering behind new developments in photoelectrochemical water splitting, steam methane reforming, hydrogen storage and the hydrogen economy.
High-entropy energy materials
Submissions open:
1 January 2023
Deadline:
30 June 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Ken Ozoemena (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa), Jenny Pringle (Deakin University, Australia) and Naoaki Yabuuchi (Yokohama National University, Japan)
This Energy Advances themed collection will report fundamental and applied research into high-entropy energy materials, including their applications in thermoelectricity, energy storage, and electrocatalysis. Papers from the fields of chemistry, physics, applied and fundamental materials science and engineering will come together in this collection highlighting exciting new discoveries.
Flowable Energy Storage
Submissions open:
1 January 2023
Deadline:
31 July 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Deepak Dubal (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Yun Suk Huh (Inha University, South Korea), Yongdan Li (Aalto University, Finland) and Peng Tan (University of Science and Technology of China)
This Energy Advances themed collection will report research across a broad scope of topics related to flowable energy storage, including redox flow batteries (including lithium-sulfur, vanadium and aqueous organic systems), electrochemical flow capacitors, and component design for these systems. Studies reporting solutions to cost and safety barriers to grid-scale and commercial use of flowable energy storage technologies are welcomed.
Green Chemistry
Advances in Electrosynthesis for a Greener Chemical Industry
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
15 May 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Jean-Philippe Tessonnier (Iowa State University), Season Si Chen (Tsinghua University), Vassiliki-Alexandra (Vanda) Glezakou (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adam Holewinski (University of Colorado, Boulder) and Juan Lopez-Ruiz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Electrosynthesis is a fast-expanding field of research that is poised to play a critical role in the decarbonization of the chemical industry and the transition to green transformations for chemical production. This research area is less mature than traditional catalysis fields and innovations are typically scattered among multiple broad-audience journals. Hence, this themed collection intends to bring this community together and share the latest original research, and reviews on the electrosynthesis of chemicals and fuels.
Industrial Chemistry & Materials
Frontiers of Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
14 June 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Prof. Lior Elbaz (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), Prof. Minhua Shao (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China), Prof. Jianglan Shui (Beihang University,China), Prof. Carlo Santoro (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy,)
As the most promising clean energy carrier in the 21st century, hydrogen represents the centerpiece in the transformation of energy and environmental technology. Moving toward a hydrogen-based society is crucial for humanity to address global sustainability issues and meet carbon neutrality targets, of which hydrogen production and storage, and hydrogen energy conversion (through fuel cells) are key technologies.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the development of these technologies is accelerating and interdependent. At present, demands for low-cost and at-scale chemistries and materials exist in every segment linking the hydrogen energy chain. This special issue aims to collect the inputs from the leading experts on the status, directions, and recent research breakthroughs in building future hydrogen energy ecosystem.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
1D/2D materials for energy, medicine, and devices
Submissions open:
21 October 2022
Deadline:
17 March 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Professor Yu Chen (Shanghai University, China), Dr Gemma-Louise Davies (University College London, UK), Professor Anders Hagfeldt (Uppsala University, Sweden), and Professor Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, USA)
One- and two-dimensional materials have become extremely popular in recent years, thanks in part to the unique and fascinating properties of materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. Understanding and investigating the chemical, shape and structure-dependent properties of such materials has led to an explosion in research seeking to exploit these species in the fields of energy, medicine, and devices.
MSDE
MSDE Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 January 2022
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
MSDE is proud to present its Emerging Investigators Series. This collection gathers the very best work from scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers in recognition of their potential to influence future directions in the field of molecular engineering.
RSC Sustainability
Sustainable Laboratories
Submissions open:
20 October 2022
Deadline:
1 March 2023
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
Our new Sustainable Laboratories report shines a spotlight on some of the complexities associated with the need to make research more environmentally sustainable, and to coincide with the launch of this report RSC Sustainability is welcoming papers, reviews, and perspectives, which address various approaches to reduce the environmental impact of research and make laboratories more sustainable.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Hybrid Ion Capacitors
Submissions open:
28 July 2022
Deadline:
1 May 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Marta Sevilla (Instituto Nacional del Carbón - CSIC, Spain), Vanchiappan Aravindan (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India), Konstantin Schutjajew (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany), and Martin Oschatz (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany)
Hybrid-ion capacitors are considered a promising next-generation charge-storage device owing to their combined features of both rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, i.e., high energy and high power capability. These devices stand out by their tunable performance characteristics and a broad range of possibly applicable materials. Sustainable Energy & Fuels is proud to showcase the latest developments towards hybrid ion capacitors.
The focus of the thematic web collection is not limited to commercialized Li-ion capacitors but also various cationic and anionic systems with different redox activity and a wide range of electrolytes, including aqueous, organic, water-in-salt systems, polymeric-gel electrolytes, all-solid devices, and different charge-storage mechanisms, etc. We particularly appreciate studies including full cell data of practical systems. Studies addressing the underlying energy storage mechanisms under working conditions as well as cell assembly/device construction and electrode design strategies are very welcome, especially for those systems that have not yet reached the level of commercialization. Submissions about flexible devices, solar-charging systems as well as microdevices are also welcome and we encourage contributions addressing the key step of pre-metallation.
Hybrid, Organic and Perovskite Photovoltaics Stability
Submissions open:
1 October 2022
Deadline:
1 July 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Francesca Brunetti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Vida Engmann (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark), Morten Madsen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) and David M. Tanenbaum (Pomona College, USA)
This collection, Guest edited by Profs. Francesca Brunetti, Vida Engmann, Morten Madsen and David M. Tanenbaum, will showcase recent progress and challenges in the field of stability for Hybrid, Organic and Perovskite Photovoltaics. The scope of the collection is broad and we welcome all submissions on photovoltaics stability which provide insights regarding future directions towards more stable and sustainable technologies. All manuscripts must also fall within the scope of the journal, and meet the journal’s usual quality criteria as outlined on our webpage.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 July 2022
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A (these ongoing series do not have Guest Editors)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels is delighted to announce our Emerging Investigators Series, highlighting the very best work from researchers in the early stages of their independent careers. The collection showcases research from early career energy scientists who are working towards making future energy technologies more sustainable, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the scope of Sustainable Energy & Fuels.
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