Catalyst for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Fuels
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A5: Hydrogen Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2021) | Viewed by 4703
Special Issue Editor
Interests: density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations, heterogeneous catalysis; electrocatalysis; surface science; sustainable energy; fuels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global demand for energy is steadily increasing, mainly because of the increasing population. Current energy production is heavily dependent on fossil fuels and emits greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide (CO2), whose emission is steadily increasing, is one of the major components of greenhouse gases emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere due to human activities and is comprised of ~82% of the total greenhouse gases emitted. The increasing amount of CO2 emission over the decades has raised serious environmental concerns. At the current level of the CO2-emission rate, the global temperature is projected to rise by 2–5 0C this century above the preindustrial level. Therefore, CO2 management is one of the most challenging issues of the current generation.
Various schemes of carbon management have been put forward as ways to tackle this issue. Among them, chemical conversion of CO2, which is enabled by the use of catalysts, is one of the promising ways to transform CO2 to fuels and chemicals. Thus, generated fuels and chemicals can be directly used as fuels or feedstocks in existing industrial processes without a need to reinvent the new infrastructures.
This Special Issue, therefore, seeks to contribute to a fundamental understanding of the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to fuels and feedstock chemicals. Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to the following:
Experimental (ex-situ and in-situ) and theoretical studies of
-Catalytic CO2 conversion;
-Reactions of CO2 with molecules;
-Catalyst design for CO2 conversion and reaction of CO2 with other molecules.
Prof. Dr. Shyam Kattel
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- greenhouse gas emission
- global warming
- carbon management
- artificial photosynthesis
- CO2 conversion
- CO2 hydrogenation
- energy
- fuels and chemicals
- catalysis
- electrocatalysis
- catalyst design
