Functional Materials for Sustainable CO2 Capture and Conversion
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 49
Editor
2. Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (ITUnano), Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, Türkiye
Interests: energy saving; renewable energy technology; energy storage device (organic lithium ion; sodium ion; lithium sulfur and metal sulfur batteries); nano-materials and technology; coating technologies; membrane and materials characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 levels has intensified the global demand for efficient carbon capture, utilization, and conversion (CCU) technologies to support carbon neutrality targets. Despite significant progress, a critical gap remains in developing integrated systems that simultaneously achieve high adsorption capacity, selectivity, rapid kinetics, long-term stability, and low regeneration energy, while simultaneously meeting economic scalability requirements.
This Special Issue highlights breakthroughs in next-generation functional materials and disruptive technologies for sustainable CO2 management. We encourage interdisciplinary research bridging nanotechnology, catalysis, chemical engineering, electrochemistry, and artificial intelligence. Contributions ranging from fundamental material design and multiscale modeling to pilot-scale demonstrations and industrial implementation are also welcome.
We particularly welcome studies on advanced adsorbents and catalysts—including MOFs, COFs, MXenes, single-atom catalysts, perovskites, and hybrid nanocomposites—alongside direct air capture (DAC), membrane separation, and conversion pathways such as solar-driven artificial photosynthesis, plasma/piezocatalysis, and green hydrogen-assisted valorization. Methodological submissions leveraging DFT, molecular dynamics, machine learning, operando characterization, life-cycle assessment (LCA), and techno-economic analysis (TEA) are strongly encouraged to accelerate commercial translation.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced porous materials (MOFs, COFs, zeolites) and 2D materials (MXenes, graphene) for capture/separation;
- Photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and multi-field-assisted CO2 reduction;
- AI-driven design, multiscale simulations, and digital manufacturing;
- Integration of CCU with renewable energy and carbon mineralization;
- Sustainability evaluation, LCA, TEA, and circular carbon economy strategies;
- Industrial scale-up and carbon-negative technology deployment.
Dr. Maryam Sadat Kiai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- CO2 capture
- carbon capture and utilization (CCU)
- carbon dioxide conversion
- functional materials
- nanomaterials
- advanced materials
- metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
- covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
- MXenes
- graphene
- porous carbon
- hybrid nanocomposites
- catalysis
- electrocatalysis
- photocatalysis
- thermocatalysis
- membrane sep-aration
- renewable energy
- green hydrogen
- electrochemical reduction
- carbon-neutral fuels
- sustainable chemistry
- density functional theory (DFT)
- molecular dynamics (MD)
- carbon management
- net-zero technologies
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