Chemical substitution, iso- or heterovalent, is fundamental to tailoring material properties. While such strategies are well-established for classical semiconductors, they are only poorly understood in functional oxides due to the higher complexity of defect formation and charge compensation mechanisms leading usually to an empirical approach of doping. A broad scientific community exchange is needed to foster the understanding of the underlying physics and chemistry to achieve a control of material properties including aspects of solid-state and defect chemistry, ceramic processing, semiconductor physics, materials and defect modelling, and spectroscopic techniques.

This special issue covers a range of topics (but not limited to):

• New synthesis routes for doped oxides with defined & reproducible properties

• Doping concepts for oxides to advance material properties

• Cationic versus anionic substitution

• Interface properties of electroceramics

• Ex-solution & segregation behavior of catalysts/electrodes

• Latest developments in defect modelling on different length & time scales

• Transport and surface reaction kinetics of mixed ionic-electronic/triple-conducting ceramics, e.g., oxygen & hydrogen separation/transport membranes

• Recent advances of spectroscopic characterization methods including in-situ & operando approaches

• Use of doped oxides for dielectric, piezoelectric, thermoelectric, catalytic, energy storage & transformation, and other applications.

The special issue will accept hitherto unpublished original results submitted both in the form of full-length scientific papers and short communications, but also review papers on the topics in the list.

Submissions from the participants of E-MRS Spring Meeting 2025 Symposium N are particularly encouraged.

Guest editors:

Jurij Koruza, Technische Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria

Nicola H. Perry, The Grainger College of Engineering, Urbana, United States

Toshio Kamyia, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS, Alzenau, Germany

Marc Widenmeyer, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Manuscript submission information:

Open for Submission: from 31 March 2025 to 31 December 2025

Submission Site: Editorial Manager®

Article Type Name: “Advanced Functional Oxides” – please select this item when you submit manuscripts online

For more information about this speical issue, please visit our ScienceDirect Page: Open Ceramics.