Special Issue

Catalysts for Rechargeable Batteries and Fuel Cells/Electrolyzers

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2025 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editors

Vladislav A. Sadykov, Professor

Federal Research Center, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Akad. Lavrentieva ave. 5, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

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Research interests: Heterogeneous catalysis of red-ox processes for the energy production (including solid oxide fuel cells, transformation of biofuels into syngas and hydrogen) and environment protection; catalytic processes at short contact times, advanced technologies of nanophase and nanocomposite materials synthesis; design of structured functionally graded materials for solid oxide fuel cells, monolithic catalysts for fuels combustion and transformation into syngas and hydrogen, oxygen separation membranes, thermal barrier coatings for gas turbine application

Nikolai F. Uvarov, Professor

Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS, Kutateladze str., 18, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Research interests: Nanocomposite materials; solid electrolytes; composite solid electrolytes; ion transport mechanisms in solids; point defects; disorder in solids; orientationally disordered phases; plastic phases; fuel cells; batteries; supercapacitors; electrode materials; solid state electrochemical devices

Dmitry A. Medvedev, Professor

Laboratory of Electrochemical Devices Based on Solid Oxide Proton Electrolytes, Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, 620137, Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Research interests: Design, synthesis and characterization of solid oxide materials with different nature of conductivity (ionic, electronic, mixed) for energy conversion technologies; design and fabrication of solid oxide electrochemical cells (fuel cells, electrolysis cells, sensors, pumps, converters, membrane reactors)

About This Topic

This Special Issue will deal with novel approaches to design of efficient nanomaterials for the electrochemical devices and their operation optimization via elucidation of atomic-scale features of surface and transport processes; synthesis of nanocomposite active components by new methods and detailed characterization of their real structure, transport features, surface properties and reactivity; mathematical modeling of real devices performance taking into account surface as well as heat and mass transfer processes; design of solid electrolytes of different types; electrochemical chracterization of novel nanomaterials for fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Design of new types of nanocomposite active components for catalysis of surface reactions in these electrochemical devices;
• Internal reforming of fuels in SOFC; performance stability to coking and sintering
• Design and testing of SOE for transformation of water-CO₂ feeds into syngas;
• Hydrogen generation by SOE
• Design of solid electrolytes, including ceramic, polymer, composite and nanocomposite solid electrolytes;
• Study of electrochemical power sources of different types, including hybrid systems;
• Mathematical modeling of batteries, supercapacitors, SOFC and SOE performance;

Keywords

fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, electrode materials, solid state electrochemical devices, nanocomposites synthesis, catalysis of surface reactions, transport features, ceramic electrolytes, polymer electrolytes, composite and nanocomposite solid electrolytes, mathematical modelling

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Publication

Open Access Original Research Promising Electrocatalytic Systems 2,5-di-Me-Pyrazine-di-N-Oxide - Cyclohexanol - Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for the Simultaneous Metal-Free Oxidation of Cyclohexanol at Anode and Release of Hydrogen Evolution at Cathode by Svetlana I. Kulakovskaya  , Tatyana S. Zyubina  , Alexander S. Zyubin  , Alexander V. Kulikov  and Yuriy A. Dobrovolskiy Received: 07 August 2025;  Published: 26 January 2026;  doi: 10.21926/cr.2601003 Abstract Electrocatalytic oxidation of organic compound in the absence of noble metals or their oxides as catalysts and using metal-free electrodes is a "green" electrochemical, inexpensive and attractive process for practical use in electrocatalysis, power sources and sensors. The process accompanied by the elimination of protons, is of [...]