Special Issue "Innovations in Energy Engineering and Cleaner Production: A Sustainable Chemistry Perspective"

A special issue of Sustainable Chemistry (ISSN 2673-4079).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2023 | Viewed by 4064

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Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN)—Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Interests: solution combustion synthesis; nanomaterials for energy and environment; perovskite-type compounds; solid oxide fuel cells; rietveld analysis; sustainability and green chemistry
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Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Interests: thermoelectric energy conversion; high-temperature superconductors; electrocatalysts for water splitting
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Chemists have a huge responsibility in the transition toward sustainable development that balances the environment, society, and economy. New strategies for the production of materials and renewable energy need to be found that have environmental protection and remediation at their core. This is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century and it is clear that impactful results can only be reached through collaboration between scientific, engineering, and non-scientific disciplines, with each discipline contributing its own point of view.

This Special Issue is focused on sustainable chemistry innovations in energy engineering and cleaner materials production. We welcome contributions from scholars who want to share their results on the chemical aspects of sustainable materials production and energy engineering. Thus, materials for sustainable energy is a main topic; however, the Special Issue is more broadly focused on the production of clean materials. Energy efficiency of production is also a topic as well as other important issues, such as reducing environmental impacts, and easier end-of-life recycling. The goal of the Special Issue is to showcase and help define the wide variety of contributions that sustainable chemistry can make to clean materials production and energy engineering. This includes small-scale lab research work but also scale-up and technology transfer and embedding in industry.

We also encourage authors who have presented an article at the International Conference on Innovations in Energy Engineering and Cleaner Production (IEECP’22) and who feel that their contribution is within the scope of interest of Sustainable Chemistry to apply through “Submit Abstract to Special Issue”. The selected authors will be asked to submit an original and essential extension of the IEECP’22 paper to be considered for publication.

The IEECP’22 aims to investigate innovation applications and the latest research in the areas of energy production, alternative and renewable energy supply, energy savings analysis, cleaner production, the optimization of energy processes, and environmental impacts. This year, the IEECP Annual Conference will take place in Oxford, UK, on 21–22 July 2022 and has been supported by Sustainable Chemistry.

All submissions to Sustainable Chemistry will undergo rigorous peer review. More details can be found at “Instruction for Authors”.

Dr. Francesca Deganello
Prof. Dr. Jan-Willem Bos 
Guest Editors

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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. Sustainable Chemistry is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly 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 1000 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

  • cleaner production
  • chemistry for sustainable development
  • low carbon
  • industrial ecology: a chemical point of view
  • recycling and elimination
  • improved material
  • energy use and consumption
  • environmental sustainability
  • climate change: the chemistry challenge
  • chemistry and global warming
  • ecology and ecosystems: a chemistry perspective
  • emerging pollutants
  • environmental impact
  • removal of pollutants
  • sustainable materials synthesis

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Innovations in Energy Engineering and Cleaner Production: A Sustainable Chemistry Perspective
Sustain. Chem. 2022, 3(1), 112-113; https://doi.org/10.3390/suschem3010008 - 03 Mar 2022
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This Special Issue is focused on the chemical aspects of sustainable energy engineering and the clean production of materials [...] Full article

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Innovative Green Approach for Extraction of Piperine from Black Pepper Based on Response Surface Methodology
Sustain. Chem. 2023, 4(1), 40-53; https://doi.org/10.3390/suschem4010005 - 24 Jan 2023
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Bioactive compounds like piperine (alkaloids) offer a variety of health benefits due to their biological and pharmacological potential. Piperine has been revealed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-diabetes, anti-bacterial, anti-ulcer, and anti-carcinogenic characteristics. Recent research has been conducted to extract piperine using effective and [...] Read more.
Bioactive compounds like piperine (alkaloids) offer a variety of health benefits due to their biological and pharmacological potential. Piperine has been revealed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-diabetes, anti-bacterial, anti-ulcer, and anti-carcinogenic characteristics. Recent research has been conducted to extract piperine using effective and environmentally friendly techniques. In this study, we sought to assess the potential and efficacy of natural deep eutectic solvents to extract piperine from black pepper seeds using an ultrasound-assisted extraction technique. A Box–Behnken design combined with response surface methodology was used to evaluate the optimum extraction conditions of piperine. Extraction efficiency was evaluated based on the extraction yields of piperine, antioxidant activity, total polyphenols, and total flavonoids. The results showed that the choline chloride-citric acid-1,2-propylene glycol combination (1:2:2 molar ratio) with 25% (v/v) of water was the most effective at extracting piperine from black pepper. It was found that the extraction yield of piperine was significantly influenced by the liquid–solid ratio and extraction time. The optimal extraction conditions were determined and it was found that antioxidant activities and total polyphenol content in the piperine-rich extracts were remarkably related to the piperine content. The piperine extract purity was found to be 90%. Our results indicate that black pepper could be used as a functional food application. Full article
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