Renaming of the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry to the Journal of Energy Chemist~ is most timely and appropriate. The past decade has seen a rapid growth in research and technology devoted to the use of renewable ene...Renaming of the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry to the Journal of Energy Chemist~ is most timely and appropriate. The past decade has seen a rapid growth in research and technology devoted to the use of renewable energy resources, principally biomass and solar radiation, at the same time that reserves of fossil energy have increased as a consequence of using advanced drilling methods to release natural gas and petroleum from shale. The changes suggest that future research will focus on both the conversion of conventional energy resources in a manner that result in their efficient use and on the discovery and development of conversion technologies for utilization of renewable energy resources.展开更多
Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays ene...Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays energy chemistry is becoming one of the hot topics, and many excellent research papers in the field of energy chemistry are emerging in different scientific journals. To extensively report the most important and latest developments in energy chemistry, we are going to rename the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry as the Journal of Energy Chemistry starting from January 2013. The main contents of the Journal of Energy Chemistry will include new developments in fields of optimized chemical utilization of both conventional and unconventional fossil energies; research and utilization of hydrogen energy; conversion and storage of electrochemical energy; capturing, storage and chemical utilization of CO2; new materials and nanotechnologies related to energy utilization; chemical conversion of biomasses; and chemical approaches related to photo-catalysis, and so on.展开更多
Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays ene...Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays energy chemistry is becoming one of the hot topics, and many excellent research papers in the field of energy chemistry are emerging in different scientific iournals.展开更多
The changing energy-chemistry nexus is discussed in this perspective paper about the future of sustainable energy and chemical production to identify the priorities and open issues on which focus research and developm...The changing energy-chemistry nexus is discussed in this perspective paper about the future of sustainable energy and chemical production to identify the priorities and open issues on which focus research and development. Topics discussed regard （i） the new sustainable energy scenario, （ii） the role of energy storage （from smart grids to chemical storage of energy）, （iii） the outlooks and role of solar （bio）refineries and solar fuels, （iv） how to integrate hio- and solar-refineries to move to new economy, （v） the role of methanol at the crossover of new energy-chemistry nexus, （vi） the role of chemistry in this new scenario, （vii） the role of nanomaterials for a sustainable energy, （viii） the use of nanocarbons to design advanced energy conversion and storage devices, and （ix） possibilities and routes to exploit solar energy and methane （shale gas）. The contribution provides a glimpse of the emerging directions and routes with some elements about their possible role in the future scenario, but does not orovide a detailed analysis of the state of the art in these directions展开更多
As an additional CO_(2)-mitigation strategy to carbon capture and storage,CO_(2)capture and utilization(CCU)is attracting increasing interest globally.The potential applications of CCU are diverse,ranging from using C...As an additional CO_(2)-mitigation strategy to carbon capture and storage,CO_(2)capture and utilization(CCU)is attracting increasing interest globally.The potential applications of CCU are diverse,ranging from using CO_(2)in greenhouses and farming to conversion of CO_(2)into fuels,chemicals,polymers and building materials.CO_(2)has already been used for decades with mature technologies in various industrial processes such as CO_(2)-enhanced oil recovery,the food and beverage industry,urea production,water treatment and the production of fire retardants and coolants.There are also many new CO_(2)-utilization technologies at various stages of development and commercialization.These technologies have the potential to provide opportunities for emission savings for power and other industrial sectors by partially substituting fossil-fuel raw materials,increasing efficiency and using renewable energy,and generating revenues through producing marketable products.This paper investigates the CO_(2)-utilization technologies that convert CO_(2)into commercial products via chemical and biochemical reactions with a focus on front-running technologies that are at,or close to,large-scale demonstration or commercialization.The CO_(2)-utilization technologies are grouped according to the technological routes used,such as electrochemical,photocatalytic and photosynthetic,catalytic,biological process(using microbes and enzymes),copolymerization and mineralization.Recent developments and the status of the CO_(2)-utilization technologies are reviewed.The environmental impact of CCU is also discussed in terms of life-cycle analysis.展开更多
文摘Renaming of the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry to the Journal of Energy Chemist~ is most timely and appropriate. The past decade has seen a rapid growth in research and technology devoted to the use of renewable energy resources, principally biomass and solar radiation, at the same time that reserves of fossil energy have increased as a consequence of using advanced drilling methods to release natural gas and petroleum from shale. The changes suggest that future research will focus on both the conversion of conventional energy resources in a manner that result in their efficient use and on the discovery and development of conversion technologies for utilization of renewable energy resources.
文摘Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays energy chemistry is becoming one of the hot topics, and many excellent research papers in the field of energy chemistry are emerging in different scientific journals. To extensively report the most important and latest developments in energy chemistry, we are going to rename the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry as the Journal of Energy Chemistry starting from January 2013. The main contents of the Journal of Energy Chemistry will include new developments in fields of optimized chemical utilization of both conventional and unconventional fossil energies; research and utilization of hydrogen energy; conversion and storage of electrochemical energy; capturing, storage and chemical utilization of CO2; new materials and nanotechnologies related to energy utilization; chemical conversion of biomasses; and chemical approaches related to photo-catalysis, and so on.
文摘Over the past decade, the Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry has become more and more international and has received large numbers of manuscripts concerning energy chemistry from all over the word. In deed, nowadays energy chemistry is becoming one of the hot topics, and many excellent research papers in the field of energy chemistry are emerging in different scientific iournals.
基金the PRIN10-11 projects "Mechanisms of activation of CO2for the design of new materials for energy and resource efficiency" and "Innovative processes for the conversion of algal biomass for the production of jet fuel and green diesel" for the financial support
文摘The changing energy-chemistry nexus is discussed in this perspective paper about the future of sustainable energy and chemical production to identify the priorities and open issues on which focus research and development. Topics discussed regard （i） the new sustainable energy scenario, （ii） the role of energy storage （from smart grids to chemical storage of energy）, （iii） the outlooks and role of solar （bio）refineries and solar fuels, （iv） how to integrate hio- and solar-refineries to move to new economy, （v） the role of methanol at the crossover of new energy-chemistry nexus, （vi） the role of chemistry in this new scenario, （vii） the role of nanomaterials for a sustainable energy, （viii） the use of nanocarbons to design advanced energy conversion and storage devices, and （ix） possibilities and routes to exploit solar energy and methane （shale gas）. The contribution provides a glimpse of the emerging directions and routes with some elements about their possible role in the future scenario, but does not orovide a detailed analysis of the state of the art in these directions
文摘As an additional CO_(2)-mitigation strategy to carbon capture and storage,CO_(2)capture and utilization(CCU)is attracting increasing interest globally.The potential applications of CCU are diverse,ranging from using CO_(2)in greenhouses and farming to conversion of CO_(2)into fuels,chemicals,polymers and building materials.CO_(2)has already been used for decades with mature technologies in various industrial processes such as CO_(2)-enhanced oil recovery,the food and beverage industry,urea production,water treatment and the production of fire retardants and coolants.There are also many new CO_(2)-utilization technologies at various stages of development and commercialization.These technologies have the potential to provide opportunities for emission savings for power and other industrial sectors by partially substituting fossil-fuel raw materials,increasing efficiency and using renewable energy,and generating revenues through producing marketable products.This paper investigates the CO_(2)-utilization technologies that convert CO_(2)into commercial products via chemical and biochemical reactions with a focus on front-running technologies that are at,or close to,large-scale demonstration or commercialization.The CO_(2)-utilization technologies are grouped according to the technological routes used,such as electrochemical,photocatalytic and photosynthetic,catalytic,biological process(using microbes and enzymes),copolymerization and mineralization.Recent developments and the status of the CO_(2)-utilization technologies are reviewed.The environmental impact of CCU is also discussed in terms of life-cycle analysis.
