About this Research Topic
Energy is an important material foundation for the survival and development of human society. Currently, the consumption of fossil fuels continues to increase, and humanity is facing increasingly serious energy shortages and environmental damage. Various regions around the world are paying more and more attention to the development of clean energy, vigorously developing green industries, and promoting sustainable energy development. Catalysis not only enables efficient manufacturing of clean energy, but also enables the recycling of wastewater, exhaust gas and waste, which is the key to solving existing energy and environmental problems. In recent years, significant progress has been made in photocatalytic, electrocatalytic and thermal catalytic technologies for energy catalytic conversion and clean utilization.
With the concept of "carbon peaking" and "carbon neutrality" put forward, green hydrogen production, fuel cells, greenhouse gas conversion and utilization, aviation catalytic converters and other fields ushered in major development opportunities, and made some important progress and breakthroughs. In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the development trends and frontiers of energy catalytic conversion and clean utilization, a themed research topic “Catalytic Conversion and Clean Utilization of Energy” is planned for Frontiers in Chemistry.
For this research topic, we are particularly interested, but not limited to the following areas of energy catalytic conversion and clean utilization: photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, biocatalysis, single atom catalysis, catalytic combustion of volatile organic compounds and natural gas, catalytic purification of indoor air, heterogeneous catalysis in water treatment processes, catalytic conversion of greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances, environmental catalytic processes in the atmosphere, fuel cells, etc. The research toipc will contain a mixture of the original (Communications and Full Papers) and review-type (Reviews and Concepts) articles, and you can choose which type of article you would prefer to submit or if you would like to submit more than one.
With the concept of "carbon peaking" and "carbon neutrality" put forward, green hydrogen production, fuel cells, greenhouse gas conversion and utilization, aviation catalytic converters and other fields ushered in major development opportunities, and made some important progress and breakthroughs. In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the development trends and frontiers of energy catalytic conversion and clean utilization, a themed research topic “Catalytic Conversion and Clean Utilization of Energy” is planned for Frontiers in Chemistry.
For this research topic, we are particularly interested, but not limited to the following areas of energy catalytic conversion and clean utilization: photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, biocatalysis, single atom catalysis, catalytic combustion of volatile organic compounds and natural gas, catalytic purification of indoor air, heterogeneous catalysis in water treatment processes, catalytic conversion of greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances, environmental catalytic processes in the atmosphere, fuel cells, etc. The research toipc will contain a mixture of the original (Communications and Full Papers) and review-type (Reviews and Concepts) articles, and you can choose which type of article you would prefer to submit or if you would like to submit more than one.
Keywords: reasonable design and controllable synthesis, micro-/nanostructured materials, energy conversion and storage, solar cells, fuel cells, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, thermal catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, biocatalysis, single ato
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