Mesoporous materials for clean energy technologies

Mesoporous materials for clean energy technologies.

Alternative energy technologies are greatly hindered by significant limitations in materials science. From low activity to poor stability, and from mineral scarcity to high cost, the current materials are not able to cope with the significant challenges of clean energy technologies. However, recent advances in the preparation of nanomaterials, porous solids, and nanostructured solids are provid...

Materials, critical materials and clean-energy technologies

— Modern engineered materials, components and systems depend on raw materials whose properties provide essential functionality to these technologies. Some of these raw materials are subject to supply-chain risks, and such materials are known as critical materials. This paper reviews corporate, national and world perspectives on material criticality. It then narrows its focus to studies that ass...

Materials for Clean Energy Conversion

Catalysis in the development of clean energy technologies

Among the most enduring challenges for scientists and engineers interested in catalysis is the development of clean energy conversion processes. Much of the research reported in the first 100 volumes of Catalysis Today has been devoted to this subject; e.g., synthesis of clean fuels, catalytic combustion, natural gas utilization, and control of emissions from stationary and mobile sources, for ...

Topological Mesoporous 111 Materials

Major advances in the field of ordered mesoporous materials have been achieved in topological structure definition at the meso phase, and macroscale levels (shape and morphology) using molecular control during mesoporous materials synthesis. Examples include the use of block copolymers for the preparation of mesoporous materials with large pore sizes (> 30 nm), the formation of mesoporous silic...