The depletion of fossil fuels has skyrocketed the demand for an alternative clean energy source for global sustainable development. The excessive emission of CO2 causes climate change and global warming, which is the biggest problem for the environment and mankind in the 21st century. CO2 is thermally stable with a standard enthalpy of formation of -396.0 kJ/mol, and hence, large energy is required for CO2 transformation to value-added, non-toxic products. CO2 is a potential candidate as C1 building block for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation reactions. Hence, strategies are being implemented for the capture of CO2 from various point sources as well as the ambient atmosphere and their subsequent conversion to some value-added chemicals, which might act as a promising alternative to fossil fuels.

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) have been proposed to maintain CO2 levels. CO2 capture process with different materials is gaining interest due to carbon reduction. Catalytic CO2 reduction with green hydrogen is a promising technique to produce various products. Hydrocarbons and alcohols are considered potential alternatives to fossil fuels as an important feedstock of the chemical industry. These are playing an important role with reduce carbon footprint economics. Thus, an active research effort has been reinforced in both academia and industries in designing materials for CO2 activation and sequestration for the synthesis of chemicals. The major constituent of organic molecules is the carbon-carbon (C-C) bond, henceforth utilizing CO2 as a versatile carbon source for the formation of a new C-C bond is a challenging field of research.

This Research Topic welcomes the submission of review articles, mini-reviews, and research articles related to CO2 capture and CO2 conversion. Novel materials demonstrating CO2 capture and/or conversion via different routes, such as electrochemical, photochemical and thermochemical, are welcome. The following topics will be considered, but not limited to

• Synthesis of different catalysts for CO2 Conversion
• Dual function catalysts for CO2 capture and conversion
• Plasma-assisted capture and conversion of CO2
• Electrochemical, photocatalytic, and thermocatalytic routes for conversion of CO2
• Exploring the mechanistic pathways for CO2 capture and conversion

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