Porous Functional Structures for Hydrogen Energy and Carbon Capture and Conversion
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026 | Viewed by 168
Special Issue Editors
Interests: CO2; supercritical CO2; CO2 capture; adsorption; porous materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy demand has increased dramatically in the last few decades, and remains closely linked to socioeconomic development. Despite efforts to develop renewable energy sources, fuels remain essential to meet energy demand. In this context, Carbon Capture and Utilisation integrated with Power-to-X routes has emerged as a key strategy to valorise renewable energy surplus by converting captured CO2 and green hydrogen into synthetic fuels and energy carriers such as methanol, synthetic hydrocarbons, or e-fuels, contributing to carbon circularity and system flexibility.
Porous materials play a crucial role in implementing most of these Carbon Capture and Utilisation and Power-to-X routes. Their high specific surface area and tailored pore architecture provide efficient platforms for CO₂ capture, gas separation, and hydrogen storage, while simultaneously allowing controlled functionalisation. This structural versatility makes porous materials essential not only for capture and storage, but also for the catalytic conversion steps underpinning the production of synthetic fuels and hydrogen. Consequently, engineered porosity constitutes a critical link between CO₂ capture and its transformation into value-added fuels within integrated Carbon Capture and Utilisation and Power-to-X frameworks.
Aims and scope:
The research topics focus on porous materials synthesis (Zeolites, MOFs, activated carbons, catalysts, among others) and their characterisation, for CO2 and H2 capture, storage and catalytic conversion due to their crucial role as enabling platforms within integrated Carbon Capture and Utilisation and Power-to-X pathways, bridging gas adsorption and separation with catalytic processes for the production of hydrogen and synthetic fuels.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Design and synthesis of advanced porous materials for H2 and CO2 capture and conversion.
- Porosity engineering and surface functionalisation strategies.
- Porous materials as catalyst for CO2 conversion and Power-to-X processes.
- Adsorption–catalysis systems for integrated Carbon Capture and Utilisation and Power-to-X pathways.
- Hydrogen storage mechanisms in porous solids.
- Stability, durability and ageing of porous materials for H2 and CO2 capture and conversion.
- Scale-up, shaping and process integration of porous materials for industrial applications.
Dr. Cristina Gutierrez Muñoz
Dr. Ignacio Campello Gómez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porosity
- adsorption
- hydrogen
- catalysis
- zeolites
- MOF
- activated carbon
- nanoparticles
- Power-to-X
- CO2 capture
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