RSC Sustainability is very pleased to announce that our themed collection on Electrocatalysis for Energy Conversion Reactions is now open for submissions.
Defossilising and decarbonising the energy industry will be an important step in securing a sustainable future. Converting chemical energy to more usable forms is one approach that offers a sustainable alternative.
Electrocatalysis offers a method of overcoming the activation barriers of desired reactions and can make them economically viable at scales to make a difference to global climate change targets. In this way, it will be possible to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 (affordable and clean energy) and 13 (climate action).
Guest Edited by Zhenyu Sun (Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China), Justus Masa (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany), and Kate Waldie (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA), RSC Sustainability’s themed collection on Electrocatalysis for Energy Conversion Reactions aims to be a venue for work seeking to further these goals.
Topics for this collection include, but are not limited to:
- Hydrogen and oxygen reactions (i.e., hydrogen evolution reaction, hydrogen oxidation reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction)
- CO2 reduction
- Nitrogen-based compound synthesis
- Biomass conversion
- Energy storage applications
- Sustainable design of electrocatalysts for energy conversion reactions
The collection welcomes contributions from industry and policy perspectives, as well as academic perspectives and can publish both review articles and primary research.
If you have work that fits the scope of this collection, feel free to submit now through our submissions portal. The submission deadline for this collection is Friday 14th February 2025.
If you have any questions regarding this collection or the journal, please contact the editorial office at rscsus-rsc@rsc.org, where our team will be happy to help.