Solar-to-Products: Latest Achievements in Solar-Driven Hydrogen and Chemicals Production

Dear Colleagues,

Considering the recent concerns regarding the CO₂ concentration increase in the atmosphere, and its impact on Earth-temperature increase, solar energy can play a fundamental role to replace the fossil fuels for hydrogen and chemicals production as primary energy source. The chemical industry accounts for 1/3 of total primary energy consumptions in the industrial sector.

This Special Issue collects the most recent and outstanding achievements in the solar-to-chemicals field from theoretical modeling to experimental results and demonstration projects including techno-economic assessments.

Topics of this Special Issues are all the production processes based on chemical, electrochemical, photo-electrochemical concepts and applied photosynthesis processes, as well as thermo-chemical cycles. The goal is to cover the most investigated technologies from the vary basics to the most updated laboratories activities.

In addition, latest optics development and receiver concepts will be also discussed with the evaluation of these new technologies from efficiency point of view.

Finally, energy balance, material development and chemical engineering aspects will be addressed to indicate the current status of solar-to-chemicals research, and the next steps to be taken.

Prof. Dr. Giampaolo Manzolini
Dr. Marco Binotti
Dr. Gioele Di Marcoberardino
Guest Editors

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• concentrated solar power
• solar to hydrogen
• solar fuels
• solar conversion efficiency