Design of New Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion in Fuels and Chemicals

Dear Colleagues,

The growing energy demand of modern society has been mainly satisfied by a fast acceleration in fossil fuels consumption. The CO₂ emissions produced by the massive combustion of these fuels have led to serious environmental concerns related to global warming and climate change. As such, the production of value-added chemicals and fuels (H₂, NH₃, CO₂ reduction products, etc) from atmospheric reserves (CO₂, H₂O, N₂, etc.) using renewable energies is considered among the most promising approaches  to climate change mitigation while providing renewable fuels and chemicals. However, two main limitations are faced: the low process efficiency and the lack of product selectivity, particularly for high added value chemicals.

In this Special Issue, we invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles are related to new materials design for H₂ evolution, CO₂ conversion and N₂ fixation. We are particularly interested in research that works toward materials engineering to overcome the rate determining steps that limit the process efficiency and product selectivity. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced multifunctional materials for photo-electrocatalysis
• Modelling and simulation methods for design of advanced energy conversion materials
• Thermochemical materials for fuels production
• 2D materials for energy conversion
• Carbon-based materials for energy conversion

Dr. Josep Albero
Guest Editor

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