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Electrochemical interfaces

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Electrochemical interfaces are complex reaction fields of mass transport and charge transfer. They are the centerpiece of energy storage and conversion devices — such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, solar cells, or electrolyzers — as well as electrochemical syntheses. Various factors govern electrochemical interfaces, with the space charge layer or electric double layer, the electrochemical stability window, differences in aggregation states, catalytic activity, ionic transference number, ionic and electronic conductivities, and stress such as lattice distortion playing key roles. Characteristics of electrochemical interfaces manifest themselves as interfacial resistance, which plays a major role as a determinant of the charge/discharge performance. Thermodynamics and degradation kinetics of electrochemical interfaces are directly related to long-term stability and cyclability. Unveiling the behavior of electrochemical interfaces from atomistic to macroscopic aspects is of great importance for developing high-performance, highly reliable, and highly safe electrochemical devices and systems.

This Guest Edited Collection brings together the latest works on electrochemical interfaces. We encourage submissions in the fields of

  • mechanistic investigations of electrode interfaces and interfacial processes,
  • advanced characterization methods of electrochemical interfaces,
  • development of electrochemical materials operating at interfaces.

We welcome both fundamental and applied research, and both experimental and computational/theoretical contributions.

The Collection primarily welcomes original research papers, in the form of both full articles and communications, as well as reviews and perspectives on electrochemical interfaces.  All submissions will be subject to the same peer review and editorial processes as regular Communications Chemistry articles.

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An electrochemical interface depicted as a vertical row of grey balls to the left bordering to water on the right depicted as blue waves and H2O molecules as balls with dissolved ions depicted as blue and green floating balls.

Editors

Andrea Paolella, PhD, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

Andrea Paolella is an Italian/Canadian Associate Professor in inorganic chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Geological Studies of the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy. His specific knowledge and research experience cover nanomaterials synthesis through colloidal, hydro- and solvothermal, and solid-state methods, as well as their electrochemical characterization and application in lithium-ion and solid-state lithium-metal batteries. He published 62 peer-reviewed articles to date, as well as 3 book chapters. He is a co-inventor of more than 8 patents on electrode and solid electrolyte preparation. He is currently writing a book about interface issues in lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries.

 

Maria-Magdalena (Magda) Titirici, PhD, Imperial College London, UK

Magda Titirici earned a PhD from University of Dortmund and a “Habilitation” from Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces prior to her appointment as a Reader and Full Professor at Queen Mary University of London. Magda moved to Imperial College London in 2019 as a Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials. She holds and RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies as well as a “WISE” Visiting professor at University of Stockholm and is an International PI at AIMR at the University of Tohoku. She has published over 350 papers on sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies.

 

Takashi Tsuchiya, PhD, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Takashi Tsuchiya received his Ph.D. at The University of Tokyo under the supervision of Prof. Shu Yamaguchi. After studying as a Postdoctoral Researcher, he obtained a permanent position at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) as a senior researcher. He is currently a Principal Researcher at NIMS. He is also a visiting Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Science. His research focuses on the electrochemical behavior of ionic and electronic carriers in the vicinity of electrolyte/electrode interfaces.

 

 

Wei Zhang, PhD, Jilin University, China

Wei Zhang is Director of the Electron Microscopy Center and Tang-Auchin Scholar-Leading Professor at Jilin University. Prof. Zhang is also Chairman of the Jilin Electron Microscopy Societyand a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and selected as "Highly Cited Researcher 2023" in the field of "Cross-field" by Clarivate. In 2016, he was awarded Ikerbasque Research Professor. He obtained his Ph. D. degree from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004. After that, he held positions at NIMS Japan, Samsung AIT South Korea, FHI-MPG Germany, DTU Denmark, and CIC Energigune. His main research interests are surface/interface chemistry of catalytic and energy materials, and electron microscopy of advanced materials.