Corrosion and Sustainability
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Today, we face a growing challenge more than ever for the preservation of materials, due primarily to the boosting material consumption associated with the global societal development and the interruption of supply chains. The integrity of materials, including energy materials such as batteries and fuel cells, structural alloys, coatings etc., is critical for ensuring the safe operation of essential components and critical infrastructure that underpin the global economy. However, material preservation is often technically challenging because, for almost all engineered materials, corrosion is an inevitable, thermodynamically favorable process. This grand challenge gives rise to demands for a more accurate, comprehensive understanding of corrosion mechanism for a broad spectrum of materials in diverse environments. Such understanding can catalyze the development of more corrosion resistant materials, facilitate the development of advanced strategies for corrosion mitigation, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the replacement of degraded materials, thereby promoting the development of a more sustainable circular economy. To further this goal, this Collection on Corrosion and Sustainability invites reviews and original research articles covering a range of topics, including but not limited to:
- Degradation of energy materials such as battery, fuel cell, and perovskite solar cell.
- Development of sustainable and resilient structural materials tailored for diverse environments.
- Advancement in experimental and computational methods for studying corrosion mechanism across various length scales.
- Advancement in manufacturing technologies which improves the corrosion resistance of materials.
- Degradation of materials in extreme environments such as molten salt, and high temperature conditions.
- Innovations in environmentally friendly coatings.
- Strategies for corrosion mitigation aimed at achieving a carbon neutral society.
- Degradation of recycled materials.
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG7.
Editors
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Xiaolei Guo, PhD
Colorado School of Mines, USA
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Tiankai Yao, PhD
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
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Oumaïma Gharbi, PhD
Sorbonne University, France
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Chaofang Dong, PhD
University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
