Themed collection Advances in Energy Generation and Conversion Technologies


Magnetic separation and degradation approaches for effective microplastic removal from aquatic and terrestrial environments
Schematic of microplastic (MP) pollution, removal, and degradation. MPs originate from plastic waste, accumulate in ecosystems, and are removed via magnetic separation or degraded by biodegradation, AOPs, and electrochemical processes for recycling.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 3043-3057
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01242A

Oxygen vacancies induced low overpotentials of Ag/CeO2 for electrocatalytic evolution of oxygen and hydrogen
Incorporation of Ag into CeO2 increases oxygen vacancies and lowers down the overpotential of the catalyst for electrocatalytic evolution of H2 and O2.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 3716-3729
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00321K

Low-temperature APPJ printing of Kesterite on flexible substrates for heterojunction solar cells
A Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) absorber film, fabricated at low temperature using atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) printing, is used to fabricate simple heterojunction solar cells on rigid and flexible substrates.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 3605-3611
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00207A

Toward highly efficient protonic electrolysis cells for large-scale hydrogen production at moderate temperatures
An effective route that produces flat, planar protonic half-cells with impressive dimensions of up to 50 × 50 mm2, constructed using NiO–SrZr0.5Ce0.4Y0.1O3−δ as the fuel electrode, ensuring minimal warping and no cracks in the end-fired state.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 3253-3263
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00028A

In situ decorated Ni and Co in a CuBTC MOF for synergistic photocatalytic hydrogen generation
A Co–Ni–CuBTC composite shows enhanced charge separation, reduced recombination, and synergistically enhanced photocatalytic H2 production at 23.9 mmol g−1 h−1 under visible light.
Mater. Adv., 2025, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01243G

Rectification of charges on r-TiO2via Pd-cocatalysts and Schottky junctions to produce H2 for green energy systems
The project has been designed to produce hydrogen with catalytic water splitting reactions.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 2677-2690
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01288G

2D monolayer molybdenum(IV) telluride TMD: an efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction
An electrocatalyst is needed to efficiently lower the reaction barriers to produce hydrogen through the H2 evolution reaction (HER).
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 2622-2635
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA00892H

Advanced scientific information mining using LLM-driven approaches in layered cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries
Schematic illustration of scientific information extraction from papers using LLMs.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 2543-2548
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00004A

Anthocyanin-sensitized Cu-doped TiO2 nanoparticles for efficient and sustainable DSSCs
Schematic of Cu-TiO₂-based DSSC, showing the layered structure, charge transport, and performance comparison with TiO₂. The J–V characteristics and PCE highlight the enhanced photovoltaic efficiency of Cu-TiO₂ photoanodes.
Mater. Adv., 2025,6, 2371-2384
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MA01297F
About this collection
Guest Edited by Shiv Singh (CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India), Bo Weng (Institute of Urban Environment (CAS), China), Pradip Kumar (CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India), Akshay Modi (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India), and Neeraj Dwivedi (CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, India).
In recent years, there have been significant developments in energy generation and conversion technologies that emphasize eco-friendly, low-cost, and sustainable approaches. This themed collection broadly focuses on energy technologies.