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Sustainability and Nanomaterials in Concert
Author(s) -
Melchionna Michele,
Fornasiero Paolo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201700489
Subject(s) - sustainability , clean energy , renewable energy , production (economics) , fossil fuel , sustainable development , nanotechnology , business , natural resource economics , environmental economics , engineering , waste management , materials science , economics , political science , ecology , macroeconomics , law , electrical engineering , biology
Sustainable energy and the environment are one of the central priorities for our society, triggering a massive capital investment on research to define new trajectories for bypassing fossil fuel dependence and move to clean energy and consequent pollution abatement. The last decade has witnessed the rise and establishment of nanomaterials as frontrunners for a real societal impact of key processes under investigation, such as sustainable hydrogen production and CO 2 conversion to fuels. The enormous progress achieved has been made possible by the opportunity to better understand materials at the nanoscale through the use of more powerful characterization techniques and advanced synthetic strategies. The lesson learned is that appropriately engineered multicomponent nanomaterials may hold the key to the routine industrial establishment of new greener concepts of energy production, with strong repercussions to the quality of life.