New Trends and Research in Fuel Cells and Energy Conversion/Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 2445
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heat and mass transfer in fuel cells; electromedical catalysts; DFT; OER; HER; ORR; hydrogen energy conversion
Interests: fuel cell system integration; thermoelectric generator; water electrolysis for hydrogen production
Interests: electromedical catalysts; OER; HER; membrane; bi-functional oxygen electrocatalyst
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In our pursuit of sustainable and clean energy solutions, technologies such as PEMFC/PEMEC, SOFC/SOEC, DMFC, and lithium–air batteries in the cell domain, as well as clean energy conversion/storage, have emerged as pivotal research areas, especially in the context of hydrogen generation and usage. They offer alternatives to traditional combustion-based energy sources, but there are still issues regarding stability, lifespan, and efficiency that need addressing. Key research focuses include the optimization of novel catalysts, advancements in membrane technologies, structural design, and system integration strategies to enhance both performance and economic viability. Deep understanding and optimization of the reaction mechanisms, transport phenomena, and coupling relationships in these technologies are urgently needed to further their commercialization.
New investigative methods for clean energy, including synthesis, testing, and computation, are critical to achieving enhanced performance in these technologies. Modern methods provide strategies for more efficient energy conversion; for instance, CFD is widely used to analyze the transport of gases, phase changes, electrons/protons, and thermal transport. Meanwhile, MD and DFT are applied to examine the microscale atomic aspects, active sites, reaction pathways, and electronic states/structures of catalysts. Improved efficiency, achieved through these methods, can reduce energy losses and manufacturing costs by introducing new catalyst sites/composites, innovative flow patterns, and high integration potential in energy conversion systems. Additionally, supplementary and balancing methods involving solar, wind, capacitors, thermoelectric power generation, and lithium batteries are being increasingly explored for implementation in fuel cell systems.
This Special Issue focuses on innovative developments in the fields of fuel cells and clean energy conversion/storage technologies. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Water electrolysis;
- Oxygen reduction reaction;
- Transport phenomena;
- Thermoelectric generators;
- Two-phase flow;
- Advances in membranes;
- Advances in catalysts;
- Efficiency improvement;
- Operation strategies;
- Fuel cells;
- Lithium batteries;
- Catalytic theory;
- The integration of renewable energy systems;
- Breakthroughs in lithium-ion, solid-state, and flow batteries;
- Hybrid storage systems;
- Supercapacitor technology;
- Hydrogen production, storage, and infrastructure;
- Lifecycle analysis of fuel cell and storage technologies;
- Environmental impact assessment;
Dr. Jiatang Wang
Prof. Dr. Houcheng Zhang
Dr. Weiwei Cai
Dr. Jian Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fuel cells
- battery
- energy conversion
- hydrogen
- stability
- efficiency
- performance
- system integration
- water electrolysis
- transport phenomena
- catalyst
