Materials Today Energy

Materials Today Energy is a multidisciplinary, rapid-publication journal on materials for energy, published by Elsevier since 2016 as part of the Materials Today family, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.1 and first-quartile ranks in materials science, chemistry and energy and fuels《材料今日能源》（Materials Today Energy）是（Elsevier）自 2016 年起出版的能源材料多学科快速出版期刊，属 Materials Today 期刊系列，2025 年影响因子为 8.1，在材料科学、化学与能源及燃料类别中均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes comprehensive articles, short communications and reviews on theoretical and experimental work in energy harvesting, conversion, storage and distribution, linking materials science with device engineering该刊刊载能源获取、转换、存储与分配方面的理论与实验研究，以完整论文、简报与综述形式发表，兼具材料科学与器件工程视角。
• Its stated topics include solar energy conversion, materials for carbon neutrality, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, thermoelectric materials and devices, materials for energy storage, and sustainable and green materials其载明的重点方向包括太阳能转换、面向碳中和的材料、电催化、光催化、热电材料与器件、能量存储材料以及可持续与绿色材料。
• Article types comprise original research articles, short communications and reviews, alongside comments, editorials and correspondence for which prior discussion with the editors is recommended文章类型包括原创研究论文、简报与综述，另刊载评论、社论与通信，后几类建议投稿前先与编辑沟通。
• The journal presents itself as a forum for the discussion of high-quality research that helps define the inclusive, growing field of energy materials, placing materials science at the centre of energy technologies from generation through to policy该刊自我定位为讨论优质研究的平台，用以界定不断扩展的能源材料领域，并将材料科学置于从发电到政策各环节的能源技术核心。
• It offers rigorous peer review, rapid decisions and high visibility, and is one of the titles in the Materials Today family of journals published by Elsevier该刊提供严格的同行评审、快速的编辑决定与较高的能见度，是（Elsevier）出版的（Materials Today）系列期刊之一。
• The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, and its content is hosted on the ScienceDirect platform该刊被（SCIE）与（Scopus）收录，内容发布于（ScienceDirect）平台。

History

• Materials Today Energy was established in 2016 by Elsevier, which launched it together with Materials Today Chemistry to extend the Materials Today family into energy materials and chemistry该刊于 2016 年由（Elsevier）创办，与 Materials Today Chemistry 同时推出，使（Materials Today）系列期刊延伸至能源材料与化学领域。
• The journal was founded with Chun-Sing Lee of City University of Hong Kong as its first Editor-in-Chief, who assembled the initial editorial team around energy harvesting, conversion and storage创办时的首任主编为香港城市大学的 Chun-Sing Lee，其围绕能量获取、转换与存储组建了首届编辑团队。
• It has always used a volume-based, article-level publication model, with papers collected into annual volumes and released online as soon as they are accepted该刊自创刊起采用按卷归集的文章级出版模式，论文收入年度卷并在录用后即时上线。
• The journal operates a hybrid open access model, under which authors may choose gold open access with an article publishing charge or publish under the subscription route该刊采用混合开放获取模式，作者可选择支付文章处理费的金色开放获取路径，也可按订阅模式发表。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 7.311 in 2021 to 9.257 in 2022, then stood at 8.6 in 2024 and 8.1 in 2025, and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1016, shared across Elsevier materials titles该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 7.311 升至 2022 年的 9.257，2024 年版为 8.6，2025 年版为 8.1；其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1016），与（Elsevier）材料类期刊一致。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Hong Jin Fan of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, whose research covers energy materials, photoelectrochemical water splitting, electrochemical energy storage, atomic layer deposition and low-dimensional semiconductors现任主编为 Hong Jin Fan，任职于新加坡南洋理工大学物理与数学科学学院，研究方向涵盖能源材料、光电化学分解水、电化学储能、原子层沉积与低维半导体。
• The founding Editor-in-Chief Chun-Sing Lee of City University of Hong Kong set up the journal in 2016 and shaped its initial coverage of organic electronics and nanomaterials for energy applications首任主编 Chun-Sing Lee（香港城市大学）于 2016 年创办该刊，并奠定了有机电子器件与能源应用纳米材料的初期覆盖范围。
• The masthead lists 87 editors and editorial board members from 15 countries or regions, with China contributing 33, the United States 18 and Singapore 6编委会现有 87 位编辑与编委，来自 15 个国家或地区，其中中国 33 位、美国 18 位、新加坡 6 位。
• Editors include Tayebeh Ameri of Kiel University in Germany for organic and perovskite systems, Dongliang Chao of Fudan University for aqueous batteries and energy storage, and Shaojun Guo of Peking University for materials chemistry编辑团队包括德国基尔大学的 Tayebeh Ameri（有机与钙钛矿体系）、复旦大学的 Dongliang Chao（水系电池与储能）以及北京大学的 Shaojun Guo（材料化学）。
• Manuscripts are handled through the Elsevier Editorial Manager system, with submissions assigned to editors according to subject area, and non-research contributions such as correspondence and editorials are expected to be discussed with an editor beforehand稿件经（Elsevier）的（Editorial Manager）系统处理，按学科方向分配编辑；通信与社论等非研究类稿件需事先与编辑沟通。