Decarbonisation: From Fossil to Renewable Fuels Through Power to X
A special issue of Compounds (ISSN 2673-6918).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hydrogen production and storage, reforming; gasification; propane dehydrogenation; structured catalysts
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Dear Colleagues,
The increase in global temperatures, due to greenhouse gas emissions, has prompted many countries to set targets to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Among greenhouse gases, CO2 and CH4 play a crucial role; the combustion of fossil fuels to produce energy and the use of internal combustion engine vehicles are the main causes of CO2 emissions. To reach the target, emissions into the atmosphere must be balanced by an equivalent amount removed from the atmosphere; therefore, the transition to renewable fuels and electric motor vehicles is not postponable.
Electricity can be obtained from renewable sources such as wind or solar energy; however, the intrinsic discontinuity of these sources and especially the low share of electricity in current global energy consumption suggest the need for other energy carriers to store energy and act as fuel for non-electrifiable processes.
In this Special Issue, we welcome original research papers, reviews and short communications, focusing on the production processes and decomposition of renewable fuels and energy carriers such as hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, bio-oil, bio-gas and on on, with special attention to the catalytic systems involved.
Dr. Marco Martino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- catalysis
- bio-oil
- hydrogen
- ammonia
- bio-gas
- electrolysis
- reforming
- gasification
- power to X
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