Advances in Clean Energies

Dear Colleagues,

Traditional fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, contribute most to the sustainable economic development for the industrial sectors in the past few decades. The negative environmental and economic impacts, however, should be considered since fossil fuels will trigger many problems, such as environmental pollution, global warming, and economic security. For example, CO₂ and other pollutant emissions, due to the burning of hydrocarbon fossil fuels, are one of main contributors to atmospheric pollution and climate change. In order to cope with the energy and environment crisis, clean energy technologies, which aim to reduce CO₂ and pollutant emissions, are becoming one of the hot spots in the industry and academia. More and more researchers are entering field and related papers are expanding quickly. Thus, we are committed to providing the platform for the high-quality papers in the field of clean energies. This topic focuses on fundamentals and applied researches which could help to reduce CO₂ and pollutant emissions. The topic includes but is not limited to:

• Hydrogen production, transport, storage, and usage;
• Fuel cell technologies;
• Advanced combustion theory;
• Methanol and other clean alternative fuels;
• Solar photovoltaic and thermal systems;
• Safety issues in the usage of clean energies;
• Energy management system.

Dr. Yongliang Xie
Dr. Shimao Wang
Topic Editors