Renewable Fuel Production

With the progress of human civilization, the use of fuels increases at an exponential rate. In the 21st century, the excessive use of the carbon-based fossil fuels results in the formation of greenhouse gases which leads to global warming, climate change, air pollution, etc. These problems can be handled by completely replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources or blending green fuels with fossil fuels. Renewable fuels include biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol, etc. Different approaches have been explored to produce biofuels from the available feedstocks. Besides biofuels, renewable fuels from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen from water splitting have huge potential.

This Research Topic will discuss the recent developments in catalyst design, selective product formation, and understanding of the reaction mechanism of renewable fuel production. In addition, the technological advancements and the challenges associated with this field will be described. This issue will target a large number of researchers and scientists working in the field of biofuel production, electrocatalytic and photocatalytic energy conversion, and catalyst design.

This Research Topic will accept original research, review, and perspective on the topic of:

• Scopes and challenges of renewable fuel production
• Technological developments in biofuel production
• Electrochemical energy conversion processes for renewable fuel production
• Photocatalytic and photochemical energy conversion processes for renewable fuel production
• Thermocatalytic processes for renewable fuel production

Keywords: carbon fixation, sustainable energy, catalyst design, electrocatalyst, photocatalyst

Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.