Preface

The years of 2020 and 2021 have brought many uncertainties and challenges to the global scientific community. This Faraday Discussion on Next Generation Nanoelectrochemistry was proposed in the fall of 2018, and follows on from the Faraday Discussion on Single Entity Electrochemistry in York in September 2016 and Electrochemistry at nano-interfaces in Bath in June 2018. We planned an in-person scientific meeting as a continuing event after a fruitful 2018 Discussion for the growing nanoelectrochemistry community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee was faced with the hard decision to transition this Faraday Discussion into the virtual meeting format. To overcome the limitations of online meetings, the Royal Society of Chemistry offered a creative arrangement which allowed the best accessibility across different time zones around the world. This special online meeting format not only brought researchers together, but served as a form of close community building around a topic of current interest in nanoelectrochemistry.

This Faraday Discussion talked about the challenges in both fundamental and applied nanoelectrochemistry, where new concepts and new knowledge play key roles. This field is rapidly developing and requires interactions with other scientific disciplines. Following the 2016, 2018, and 2021 Faraday Discussion on nanoelectrochemistry, some discussion points and talks have become landmarks in this field. We hope that “nanoelectrochemistry” can be the topic of a meeting series to promote future developments in this exciting research area. With strong supports from the Royal Society of Chemistry, a follow-up Faraday Discussion on “New Horizons in Nanoelectrochemistry” will be held in the year 2024. Looking forward, we welcome you to join us face-to-face in Nanjing in 2024. Hopefully, that will be a great opportunity to physically connect with the nanoelectrochemistry community and move electrochemical science forward.

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