I strongly believe that an open-science approach, with published data being openly available in a structured way, will help advance our fundamental knowledge in any research field. Also in view of the rapid growth of AI, standardization is essential to make sense of all available data.
Figure 1:Periodic table of CVs for transition metal single crystal electrodes, created from the echemdb dataset.
Compared to other research fields, electrochemistry and catalysis still lack similarly established standards, although these are currently being developed.
Following the early days of fundamental electrochemistry, within echemdb we address the challenge of creating an open-science initiative based on simple model systems. The goal is to build a FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) framework, which can be adopted to more complex electrochemical systems.
Read more about this project on our community websites:
Website & database: www.echemdb.org
GitHub organization: github.com/echemdb
Funding¶
Apart from the huge amount free time and sleepless nights put into this project, part of the work has been supported by:
Related Publications¶
For the general concept, see (Engstfeld et al. (2025)).
- Engstfeld, A. K., Hermann, J. M., Hörmann, N. G., & Rüth, J. (2025). A Lightweight File System Based Approach to Getting Data Ready for Data Management Solutions. Data Science Journal, 24, 1–13. 10.5334/dsj-2025-013