Photoelectrochemical and Enzymatic Conversion of CO2 into Fuels: A Shift Towards Net Zero Energy Landscape introduces a comprehensive guide on the effective utilization of renewable energy to convert CO2 into fuels or commodity chemicals, presenting new materials such as MXenes and phosphorenes that are now being used in the catalytic conversion of CO2. This book provides guidelines on how the structural variation of catalysts will impact the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, presenting a detailed mechanism of CO2 conversion through different conversion methods such as photo reduction, electrochemical reduction, photoelectrochemical reduction, and enzymatic reduction.
This will be a welcomed resource for researchers, students, academicians, engineers, and environmental experts and agencies studying the effects and benefits of the conversion of carbon dioxide into fuels for sustainable and renewable energy.
- Delivers a wealth of knowledge on cutting-edge technologies using low-cost abundant catalysts for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2
- Focuses on the design and development of novel catalysts for electrochemical, photochemical, enzymatic, and artificial photosynthesis approaches for CO2 reduction into green fuel and value-added chemicals
- Addresses major challenges and issues for greenhouse gases emission worldwide
Rohit Srivastava is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, India. His research focuses on green hydrogen and carbon dioxide reduction into green fuels.
Bishnu Bastakoti is an Associate Professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. He is working on a broad design challenge to control various structural properties, such as porosity, crystallinity, and pore size, in porous inorganic nanomaterials. He is especially interested in using highly porous nanostructured materials in catalysis and energy conversion.