Nanomaterials for CO2 Capture, Storage, Conversion and Utilization

The gradual increase of population and the consequential rise in the energy demands in recent years have led to the widespread use of fossil fuels. CO2 transformation by various processes is considered as a promising alternative technology. This book sets out the fundaments of how nanomaterials are being used for this purpose.

Nanomaterials for CO2 Capture, Storage, Conversion and Utilization summarizes the research, development and innovations in the capture, storage, transformation and utilization of CO2 into useful products and raw chemicals for industry. This is achieved by using advanced processes such as CO2 reforming, bi-reforming and tri-reforming of hydrocarbons or biomass derivatives; homogeneous and heterogeneous hydrogenation; photochemical reduction; photoelectrochemical reduction; electrochemical reduction; biochemical reduction; supercritical CO2 technology; advanced catalyst synthesis for CO2 conversion; organic carbonates for polymers synthesis from CO2, and CO2 capture and sequestration. The systematic and updated reviews on the mentioned sectors, especially on the use of nanotechnology for the transformation of CO2 is scarce in the literature. Thus, the book addresses the recent knowledge gaps and potential solutions of the storage, utilization and transformation of CO2 as well as its promising applications.

This is an important reference source for materials scientists, engineers and energy scientists who want to understand how nanotechnology is helping us to solve some of the world’s major energy problems.

• Shows how nanomaterials are being used to create more efficient CO2 capture, storage and conversation systems
• Outlines the major nanomaterials-based techniques to create such systems
• Assesses the major challenges in using nanomaterials for energy capture, storage and conversion

Phuong Nguyen-Tri is a full professor and director of the graduate program in energies and material science at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Québec, Canada. He is the founder of the Laboratory of Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment (Nguyen-Tri Lab) at UQTR and holds the UQTR Research Chair of Advanced Materials for Health and Security at Work. His main research interests are nanomaterials, hybrid nanoparticles, innovative coatings, polymer crystallization, polymer aging, and polymer blends and composites.

Haobin Wu is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. His research interests are metal-organic framework-related materials for sustainable energy, designed synthesis of micro-/nanostructured materials, electrochemical energy storage technologies, and electrocatalysis and electrochemical production of fuels.

Simon Barnabé is a Professor, entrepreneur, field researcher, and consultant in the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, at the University of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Canada. His areas of research interest are applied microbiology (industrial and environmental); recovery of residues by fermentation; pretreatment of residues; community biorefinery, reactive biomass fractionation, biofuels, bio-ingredients for eco-materials, local or local co-products; microalgae production and algorinage.

Pierre Bénard is a Professor in the Hydrogen Research Institute, at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Canada. His research focuses on microporous adsorbers, supercritical adsorption, mechanics of computational fluids, simulation methods in statistical physics, thermodynamic modeling, carbon nanostructures, condensed matter physics, and statistical physics of inhomogeneous fluids.

Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.