Membranes for Electrochemical Devices
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 8101
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrochemistry; hydrogen; energy production; renewables; materials science; electrolysis; fuel cells; greenhouse gases reduction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Presently, the majority of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuel sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas, resulting in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). The most prevalent GHG is CO2, and it accounts for more than 50% of industrial emissions. Transitioning away from CO2 producing technologies will require the support of renewable energy sources. However, production from renewable technologies like wind turbines and solar panels fluctuates greatly, depending on the time of day or on weather patterns. To overcome this intermittency and create a stable renewable grid, the world’s energy storage capacity must be massively increased. Hydrogen can be a key tool for energy storage, as it is a flexible energy carrier that can be utilized by fuel cells in order to produce electricity. Furthermore, it is an important feedstock in many important industrial processes. Although H2 is abundant in nature, hydrogen production today is very energy intensive. The most conventional methods for H2 production are steam reforming, coal gasification, or partial oxidation of heavy hydrocarbons. These traditional techniques use a fossil fuel feedstock, leading to CO2 generation. Thus, new electrochemical devices can play an important role in the future years for GHG reduction in both energy production and in the intensification processes.
This Special Issue aims to collect key contributions about the recent developments of new materials and devices for energy production systems that would shift the world’s energetic transition, and the subsequent reduction of greenhouse gases.
Dr. Laura Navarrete
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- membranes
- electrochemical devices
- hydrogen
- electroreduction
- materials
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