Sustainable Processes for Low-Carbon Energy Solutions Based on Nanoscience
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2598
Special Issue Editor
Interests: carbon-based materials; electrochemistry; fundamental materials chemistry; clean energy production; heterogeneous catalysis; waste upcycling; biomass to chemicals/fuels
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous and ubiquitous use of fossil-based fuels as an energy source has raised serious concerns around the carbon emission and the associated climate change impact. Climate change as a result of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. This drives the need to develop and accelerate sustainable low-carbon technologies that will lead to scalable, clean, and environmentally benign alternative energy solutions, such as hydrogen, lower-emission fuel productions from sustainable or alternative feedstocks, biomass energy, large capacity renewable energy storage and conversion, etc. Carbon-neutral or negative and efficient energy production, storage, and utilization with sustainable processes that could reduce emissions are among the hot research areas both in academia and industry. Given this, Nanomaterials will dedicate a Special Issue on the latest research developments in innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions for low-carbon emission energy production, storage and utilization, with the focus on ‘greening’ the processes, searching for alternative feedstocks, reducing environmental pollution, and enhancing renewable energy storage and conversion capability.
Dr. Lili Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbon-based materials
- clean energy production
- heterogeneous catalysis
- waste upcycling
- biomass to chemicals/fuels
- low-carbon emission
- environmental pollution
- renewable energy
- nanoscience
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