Clean and Efficient Use of Energy: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B: Energy and Environment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: clean fuel; CO2 conversion; catalyst characterization; biodiesel; hydrogen storage; polyoxymethylene diethyl ethers; ethanol; methanol
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Interests: chemistry and engineering; nanomaterials synthesis; heterogeneous catalysis; syngas conversion to oxygenates; alcohol coupling and alkane dehydrogenation
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Interests: clean alternative fuels for internal combustion engines; emissions and controls of internal combustion engines; internal combustion engines; combustion of internal combustion engines and control of harmful emissions; clean alternative fuels for petroleum; methanol vehicle testing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the success of our Special Issues “Clean and Efficient Use of Energy” and “Clean and Efficient Use of Energy: 2nd Edition”.
In the first volume, we successfully published six papers, which you can find at the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/1AJ0H482FX.
In the second volume, we also successfully published the following six papers:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/J7OA65PC18.
We are now preparing to launch the third volume of this Special Issue, “Clean and Efficient Use of Energy: 3rd Edition”.
At present, energy is being consistently consumed in an intensive manner for socio-economic activities. Humans must reduce their environmental impact and combat the climate change impacts of energy consumption. For example, carbon dioxide (CO2) has attracted global attention recently because of its negative impact on global warming and climate change, and sustainable energy and clean and efficient energy utilization are essential to meet the sustainability goals of the future. These goals will require the development and implementation of energy resources, including traditional oil, coal, natural gas, and hydroelectric power as well as promising renewable sources (solar, biomass, wind, geothermal, etc.). The emissions and waste from energy utilization processes need to be eliminated or reused. Additionally, the various pathways need to be extensively analyzed.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the clean and efficient use of energy, and we invite original papers addressing the various topics related to the cleanliness, efficiency, and sustainability of energy sources. Submissions to this Special Issue may include reviews, original research articles, highlights, perspectives, short communications, commentaries, and so forth.
The topics of interest may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Biomass energy conversion and utilization;
- The conversion and utilization of CO2;
- The elimination of pollutants in the use of energy;
- Electrocatalysis in energy applications;
- Clean alternative fuels;
- Emissions and controls in the use of energy;
- The clean and efficient utilization of coal;
- The clean utilization of methanol, ethanol, and derived fuels;
- Hydrogen storage and release;
- Evaluating and implementing alternative energy approaches.
Dr. Gangli Zhu
Prof. Dr. Kegong Fang
Prof. Dr. Shenghua Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- alternative fuels
- CO2 utilization
- elimination of pollutants
- energy storage and release
- electrocatalysis
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