Nanostructured Photo/Electrocatalysts for CO2 Valorisation
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 May 2020) | Viewed by 503
Special Issue Editors
2. Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Turin, Italy
Interests: nanotechnologies applied to biological systems (in particular sensors, lab on chip, and organ on chip); graphene and 2D materials for energy and environment (solar cells, supercapacitors); nanomaterials for microelectronics; nanomaterials and nanostructures for CO2 trapping and reduction; multifunctional nanocomposites for 3D printing
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Interests: material science applied to renewable energies; CO2 valorization; sustainability; nanostructured materials; morphological and structural properties of materials and their correlation with their functional and catalytic properties; scanning and transmission electron microscopies; in situ and operando transmission electron microscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing concerns caused by the impressive negative effects of greenhouse gases over the planet’s climate have pushed the scientific community to find new pathways to promote a progressive transition from a global energy scenario, based on fossil fuels, to one based on renewable energy sources. In this scenario, one of the most interesting and challenging strategies to mitigate the carbon dioxide effect is to consider CO2 as valuable raw material to obtain added-value products (i.e., fuels and chemicals) through its photo/electrochemical reduction (CO2RR), also exploiting renewable energy sources. The key challenge for this application is to develop highly selective, stable, efficient, environmentally-friendly, and inexpensive nanostructured photo/electrocatalysts.
We invite scientists to submit original research articles, letters, as well as review articles on photo/electrocatalysis for CO2 reduction and conversion into valuable products.
Prof. Dr. Candido Fabrizio Pirri
Dr. Angelica Chiodoni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- CO2 reduction
- 2D materials
- High surface area nanostructures
- Electrocatalysis
- Photocatalysis
- Low environmental impact and inexpensive nanostructured materials
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