Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the increase of the world population has caused a progressive depletion of fossil fuel reserves. In addition, the combustion of these fossil fuels forms high levels of CO2, which is directly related to global warming in such a way that one of the greatest challenges for the scientific community is to minimize anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

Taking into account these premises, the aim of this Special Issue is to highlight methodologies to mitigate CO2 emissions through CO2 adsorption, CO2 absorption, as well as separation or cryogenic techniques. In this Special Issue, the editors also intend to highlight the search for systems that allow the storage of CO2 as well as its reuse to form high added value compounds.

With this Special Issue, the editors encourage to the scientific community to submit original contributions related to CO2 adsorption and/or separation as well as its utilization. The coverage of this Special Issue includes but is not limited to:

• Materials for CO2 activation and adsorption;
• Use of CO2 in catalytic processes;
• CO2 in the synthesis of polymers;
• Use of CO2 in supercritical conditions to its use in extraction and separation processes;
• Use of CO2 in electrochemical processes;
• Use of CO2 as an oxidant;
• Use of CO2 in photochemical and photocatalytic processes;
• Biological conversion of CO2;
• Policies, regulations, life cycle analysis, economic, environmental, and social aspects of CO2 capture, separation, storage or utilization.

Dr. Juan Antonio Cecilia
Dr. Enrique Vilarrasa García
Guest Editors

Dr. Daniel Ballesteros Plata
Assistant Guest Editor

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