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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

1. Log into either the Nanoscale or Journal of Materials A online submission system.
2. Submit your article
3. 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
4. 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.

Congratulations to the award winners at the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) in Strasbourg, France!

The 2025 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) organized with the Foundation Jean-Marie Lehn was held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre of Strasbourg (France), from May 26 to 30, 2025.

The conference consisted of 23 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations assorted by a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing recent advances in the field of materials science.

The focus of the scientific program was on fundamental investigations and technological applications, providing an international forum for discussing recent advances related to the different aspects to be considered to promote innovation.

The Nanoscale family is proud to sponsor the below prizes:

Min Cheol Cheon (Pusan National University) Best Poster Prize Min Cheol Cheon is a second-year Ph.D student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pusan National University. He is a member of the Functional & Intelligent Nanomaterials based Devices Lab, supervised by Prof. Seoung-Ki Lee. This research was conducted with the assistance of HeeYoon Jang, a master’s student from the same lab, and Dr. SuKang Bae’s group at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). The study focuses on applying mechanical strain to two-dimensional materials via laser processing and evaluating its impact on ReRAM device performance. His broader research interests include laser-based material processing, particularly the synthesis of 2D materials and the recrystallization of wide bandgap semiconductors. His research aims to advance laser processing from material modification to device integration by developing selective fabrication techniques.

Jong-Hyun Jang (Sungkyunkwan University) Best Poster Prize Jong-Hyun Jang is a second year integrated Master’s–PhD student at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. He conducts his research in the Information Materials and Device Lab (IMDL) under the supervision of Prof. Han-Ki Kim in the Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering. His research focuses on synthesizing 2D MoS₂ by sulfurization of atomically thin Mo films and developing damage-free Mo electrode deposition techniques. Both methods utilize the Isolated Plasma Soft Deposition (IPSD) system, a proprietary technology developed by IMDL. His goal is to develop core technologies essential for the future commercialization of 2D semiconductors by sputtering. Prior to entering the integrated course, he received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Kangwon National University.