Transition Metal Chalcogenides for (Photo)electrochemical Energy Conversion
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 299
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface and interface chemistry of functional materials for chemical energy conversion; applications in heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry; photoemission spectroscopies; energetics at interfaces; in-situ and operando characterization of materials and devices
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In view of dwindling fossil resources and increasing CO2 emissions, the transition to a sustainable energy system based on renewable energy sources will be the only option to maintain the health and welfare of mankind in the future. The intermittency of solar and wind energy as well as fluctuations in energy demand call for efficient and large-scale energy conversion and storage schemes. Here, the electrochemical splitting of water to produce H2 or the reduction of CO2 to liquid fuels or value-added chemicals by either renewable energy driven electrolysis or direct photoelectrolysis appears to offer most scalable and flexible chemical energy storage and conversion options. Optimally performing devices are needed which heavily rely on the availability of highly performing electrocatalytic materials and/or photoabsorbers. Since current champion materials base on scarce elements (Pt group metal electrocatalysts; III-V semiconductor photoabsorbers), more abundant, non-noble metal materials need to be brought to application.
This Special Issue focuses on transition metal chalcogenides to be used as non-noble metal electrocatalysts (materials based on, e.g., MoS2, WS2, WSe2 and related transition metal dichalcogenides) or photoabsorbers in photoelectrochemical devices (e.g., dichalcogenides, as well as complex sulfides, selenides). Contributions on synthesis, characterization, and functional testing, as well as performance evaluation, in the form of full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome and should advance the understanding of the fundamental properties of this class of materials.
I kindly invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.
Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transition metal chalcogenides
- electrocatalysis
- photoelectrochemistry
- water splitting
- CO2 reduction
