We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection in Journal of Materials Chemistry A focusing on advanced aqueous batteries!
Guest Editors: Veronica Augustyn (NC State University, USA), Xiulei (David) Ji (Oregon State University, USA), Netanel Shpigel (Ariel University, Israel) and Jang Wook Choi (Seoul National University, Republic of Korea)
The need for safe, low cost, and sustainable energy storage for large-scale applications motivates the search for advanced aqueous rechargeable batteries. The field is rapidly advancing due to new understanding of aqueous electrochemical interfaces and interphases and the development of new electrode materials and electrolytes. The field’s connection to materials chemistry lies in the design, synthesis, and understanding of electrode and electrolyte materials, involving mechanisms such as ion-insertion coupled electron transfer and electrodeposition/electrodissolution. To this end, this themed collection of Journal of Materials Chemistry A aims to provide a platform for recent developments in the design, synthesis, characterization, and understanding of advanced aqueous batteries.
Open for submissions until 7 October 2025
If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please submit directly via our online submission portal. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the ‘Advanced aqueous batteries’ collection in the “Themed collection” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the open call.
This open call is considering primary research only.
If you have any questions about the collection or the submissions process, please do contact the Editorial Office at materialsa-rsc@rsc.org and they will be able to assist.
Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry A – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo the normal initial assessment and peer review processes, if appropriate, in line with the journal’s high standards, managed by the journal editors. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are published and they will be featured in a regular issue of the relevant journal. Please note that peer review or acceptance are not guaranteed.
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Our themed collections are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors. Our Guest Editors guide the scope and curate the contributions in our collections but all submissions are handled through initial assessment and peer review by our team of in-house Editors and external Associate Editors. This means that as an author you receive a consistent experience, and as a reader you can trust the quality of the science being presented.
