Advances in Photocatalytic and Photothermal Catalytic CO2 Reduction
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 6 June 2024 | Viewed by 4634
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photocatalysis; photothermal catalysis; inorganic semiconductors; photoreforming; CO2 conversion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Controlling climate change and developing an efficient and sustainable global energy system are two of the main current scientific challenges. One of the potential strategies that can be used to achieve this goal is the use of CO2 mimicking nature’s carbon-neutral cycle but on a manageable time scale. The main challenge for CO2 valorisation is related to the high stability of this molecule, requiring a large amount of energy to be activated. Therefore, a key aspect for the proliferation of CO2 transformation technologies is their integration with sustainable energy sources. One of the most promising approaches for this strategy is photocatalytic reduction, one of the so-called artificial photosynthetic processes aiming at producing fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight as the only energy input. In addition, photothermal catalysis, working at the interface between photocatalysis and the more classical thermal catalysis, has become a rapidly expanding research field, especially for the conversion of CO2 into useful molecules. This Special Issue is devoted to providing an insightful view on the recent advancements in both approaches to achieve light-driven CO2 conversion—photocatalytic and photothermal catalytic—with special attention given to the study of the catalysts and the properties governing their activity and selectivity towards different products.
Dr. Fernando Fresno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CO2 conversion
- photocatalysis
- photothermal catalysis
- artificial photosynthesis
- solar fuels
- solar chemicals