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Energy R&D professionals demand access to the very latest breakthroughs. ACS Publications journals provide comprehensive coverage of multifaceted energy research, supporting your quest for next-generation batteries and advanced energy storage solutions. From theoretical foundations in the lab to industry application and commercialization, we deliver the critical intelligence you need to drive innovation, enhance battery performance and safety, and reduce battery cost for sustainability.

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The expansive content library within ACS Publications encompasses all aspects of chemistry and allied fields, complementing the core facets of energy research. That means you have every resource at your fingertips to drive interdisciplinary solutions for the ever-more complex challenges.

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Next-Generation Battery Technologies: From solid-state batteries (including all-solid-state battery (ASSB) architectures, solid electrolyte materials, and lithium metal anode advancements) to sodium-ion batteries (Na-ion), magnesium-ion batteries (Mg-ion), zinc-ion batteries (Zn-ion), potassium-ion batteries (K-ion), lithium-sulfur batteries, redox flow batteries, and metal-air batteries.
Advanced Materials Science: Explore high-capacity anode materials, cobalt-free cathodes, and advanced electrolytes, such as ionic liquids for batteries, and aqueous electrolytes.
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Applications: Stay informed on breakthroughs in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, stationary energy storage systems, grid-scale energy storage, and more.

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In addition to the in-depth coverage of battery science and energy storage solutions, ACS Publications journal portfolio spans a broad spectrum of energy disciplines. These include bioenergy innovations, fossil fuel technologies, solar energy, light conversion, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), and emerging carbon-free fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia. The diverse scope ensures that energy professionals across sectors—from traditional power generation to next-generation sustainable systems—can rely on our content to stay informed, strategic, and ahead of the curve.

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ACS Publications is a preferred publisher for top scientists around the world, known for our research quality, fast publication, and editorial excellence. With an institutional subscription, you and your team gain early access to high-quality energy research when it becomes available. By immersing yourself among trending research topics and the latest scientific breakthroughs, you gain valuable, actionable insights for your own research. Our vast collection also empowers R&D professionals to have a holistic perspective for developing interdisciplinary solutions.

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ACS Publications journals are home to the most trusted, most cited, and most read chemistry research from leading researchers and institutions worldwide, with more than 300 million downloads per year. Our rigorous peer review process, led by leading research-active scientists in energy and battery science, ensures the novelty and soundness of science, data integrity, and authoritative insights that you can reproduce and rely on.

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Our editorial board comprises a mix of leading experts from both academia and industry, ensuring a balanced curation of theoretical foundations and practical applications. By monitoring and soliciting the best research on emerging topics impacting energy research and battery science, we deliver research content that is not only scientifically rigorous but also highly relevant to your real-world R&D challenges.

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ACS offers a comprehensive suite of journals across all areas of chemistry and allied fields, providing the breadth of insight needed to effectively overcome challenges in driving innovation in the energy and battery manufacturing industries.

ACS Publications journals cover the following topic areas:

Materials Science / Chemistry / Chemical Engineering—Advanced Materials Science & Engineering: Supporting your research in anodes, cathodes, electrolytes (solid, liquid, polymer), and separators across Li-ion, solid-state, Na-ion, and flow battery chemistries.
Featured ACS Journals: ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Langmuir, ACS Electrochemistry,ACS Energy Letters,ACS Central Science, and Energy & Fuels
Electrochemistry / Physical Chemistry—Battery Electrochemistry & Fundamentals: Essential for understanding ion transport, interface phenomena, and degradation mechanisms.
Featured ACS Journals: ACS Electrochemistry, ACS Energy Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Energy & Fuels, Langmuir, and ACS Central Science
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Featured ACS Journals: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, ACS Central Science, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Applied Energy Materials,ACS Electrochemistry,ACS Energy Letters,Energy & Fuels, Langmuir, and Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Chemical Engineering—Battery Manufacturing & Scale-Up: Guiding your efforts in sustainable production, electrode fabrication, cell assembly, and quality control.
Featured ACS Journals: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Chem & Bio Engineering, ACS Electrochemistry,ACS Energy Letters,Energy & Fuels, and ACS Central Science.
Analytical Chemistry—Advanced Characterization & Testing: Providing insights from in-situ and operando analysis to electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and advanced microscopy.
Featured ACS Journals: Analytical Chemistry, Accounts of Chemical Research, Langmuir, ACS Central Science, and Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Environmental Science—Circular Economy, Battery Safety and Recycling, and Battery Sustainability: Addressing eco-design, efficient recycling, and second-life applications.
Featured ACS Journals: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, ACS ES&T Engineering

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ACS Publications content can help fuel faster and more effective research in several ways. First, by providing access to journals across all areas of chemistry and allied fields, we facilitate the cross-subject knowledge sharing that’s foundational to new discoveries. Moreover, our content is amongst the highest quality and most trusted in the world, meaning you can rely on it to give you accurate insights, reproducible preps, and novel approaches that just work, helping you streamline your research.

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