Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production
Submit your work to the collection before 22nd January 2026
Nanoscale and Journal of Materials Chemistry A are delighted to announce on open call for our upcoming special themed collection Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production
This themed collection is being guest edited by guest edited by Veronica Sofianos (University College Dublin, Ireland) , Serena Cussen (University College Dublin, Ireland), Vasileios Tzitzios (NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Greece), Paul Westerhoff (Arizona State University, USA), and Helena Wang (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
As the world transitions to a sustainable energy future, green hydrogen stands out as a clean, carbon-free energy carrier. However, traditional green hydrogen production relies heavily on freshwater, a limited and increasingly precious resource. Conventional water splitting competes with agriculture and human consumption for freshwater resources.
Shifting to non-traditional water sources like seawater and wastewater can alleviate this competition, ensuring that green hydrogen production does not compromise essential water needs. This has spurred growing interest in using seawater and wastewater as alternative feedstocks. Their utilization not only conserves freshwater but also offers additional environmental and economic benefits, making them critical to the scalable and sustainable production of green hydrogen.
This themed collection in Nanoscale and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, will discuss:
- seawater and wastewater splitting by employing selective photocatalysts
- electrocatalysts or (photo)electrocatalysts
- principles of assessing catalysts in such complex environments
- advancements in-situ and operando characterisation techniques either using synchrotron facilities or lab scale equipment
- strategies for designing new reactor designs
- upscaling synthesis strategies
- catalysts assessment in commercial environments
We hope that readers find this themed collection informative and useful. Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Nanoscale and 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.
Open for submissions until 22nd January 2026
The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed.
How to submit
If you would like to contribute to this themed collection
- Log into either the Nanoscale or Journal of Materials A online submission system.
- Submit your article
- Select your article type and under the “Themed issues” section in the submission form mention that it is an Open Call contribution to the Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production collection
- Add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call
The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.
Please note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of Nanoscale and Journal of Materials Chemistry A. All articles featured in the collection must be in scope and as such final inclusion is not guaranteed and will be up to the discretion of the guest editors.
We look forward to receiving your latest work and considering it for this collection. Please do get in touch at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org if you have any questions at all.
