Renewable Fuels: Advanced Nanomaterials for H2 Generation, CO2 Reduction and Carbon Capture and Storage
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2024) | Viewed by 276
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy materials; CO2 reduction; carbon capture
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Dear Colleagues,
Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly those of CO2, are reaching alarming levels. As a matter of consequence, the landscape of research into materials chemistry has shifted drastically towards the development of technologies that are able to mitigate global warming outcomes. As such, valiant efforts have been made by the scientific community to design new systems and novel catalysts in order to generate hydrogen from renewable sources, and chemically reduce CO2 into potential feedstock to be reused in a so-called circular economy. Recent results have revealed that the most promising routes involve the reduction of protons or CO2 via electrochemical means in aqueous-based media, which leads to the production of hydrogen and a myriad of potential hydrocarbons. While a vast array of catalysts able to fulfill such a task now exist, the field remains in its infancy, with catalyst selectivity and scale-up lagging behind. On the other hand, the capture of CO2 from flue gas has already reached the industrial realm, with companies investing heavily in large-scale CO2 capture plants. However, the aim to capture and store CO2 from the air by utilizing novel porous nanomaterials has recently attracted the significant attention of academics.
In this Special Issue, therefore, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advancements made in of hydrogen generation (water splitting), CO2 electro or photo-reduction, and CO2 storage from a material chemistry perspective. We welcome contributions that attend to, in a broad sense, the following areas of interest: the material synthesis/fabrication of any of the abovementioned subjects (inorganic and organic materials), and the characterization of their electro and/or photo-chemical catalytic activity or CO2 storage capacity. Furthermore, we welcome papers in the form of communications, research articles and review articles, according to the publication templates of Nanomaterials. We invite authors and experts in these fields to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Aurélien Viterisi
Dr. Gimbert-Suriñach Carolina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen generation
- water splitting
- CO2 electroreduction
- CO2 photoreduction
- carbon capture and storage
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