In recent years alternative renewable energies including that obtained by solar cells have attracted much attention due to exhaustion of other conventional energy resources especially fossil-based fuels. Photovoltaic energy is one of the cleanest, most applicable and promising alternative energy using limitless sun light as raw material. Even though, inorganic solar cells dominate in the world ...

As our society continues to grow and develop, the demand for energy increases. Currently, most of this energy is obtained from fossil fuels, which are dwindling, creating energy security issues. Burning of fossil fuels is also a direct cause of the large amounts of CO 2 being released to the atmosphere. Atmospheric CO 2 concentration has increased to 400 ppm in 2015 1 largely due to a 29% incre...

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are gaining increasing attention in the biodegradable polymer market due to their promising properties such as high biodegradability in different environments, not just in composting plants, and processing versatility. Indeed among biopolymers, these biogenic polyesters represent a potential sustainable replacement for fossil fuel-based thermoplastics. Most commerci...

Organic aerosol (OA) emission ratios (ER) have been characterized for 67 burns during the second Fire Laboratory at Missoula Experiment. These fires involved 19 different species representing 6 major fuels, each of which forms an important contribution to the U.S. biomass burning inventory. Average normalized ΔOA/ΔCO ratios show a high degree of variability, both between and within different fu...

The major purpose of this study was to examine the advantages and implications of biogastechnology in the agriculture sector. Biogas is one of many biomass energy sources, which includeanything that was once alive and that can generate energy (except for fossil fuels, which are notrenewable). To talk of biogas is to talk of agriculture, since biogas generation starts withagricultural waste prod...

Our energy consumption relies heavily on the three components of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal) and nearly 83% of our current energy is consumed from those sources. The use of fossil fuels, however, has been viewed as a major environmental threat because of their substantial contribution to greenhouse gases which are responsible for increasing the global average temperature. Last four...

The proposed research explores the opportunities and bottlenecks of a novel approach for carbon-neutral synthesis of energy-dense transportation fuel from electrical energy (electrofuels). The technology is based on microbial CO2 fixation and biofuel production at cathodes in modified fuel cells by naturally occurring and genetically modified microbes. This approach takes advantage of known mic...

There continues to be significant interest in the development, certification, and use of alternative (non-petroleum) aviation fuels. The motivation for this is driven by many factors, including the growing demand and reduced supply of petroleum-derived fuels, cost volatility, and desire for a reliable domestic fuel supply. In addition, the production of alternative fuels from renewable/biologic...

Research & Development in Material Science Photocatalyst Filling Multiple Needs: CO2 Reduction to Extremely Selective Solar Fuels and Oxidative Organic Transformation Kanchan Sharma1, Shaifali Mishra1, Satyam Singh1, Chandani Singh2, Rajesh Kumar Yadav1* Jin OoK Baeg2* 1Department of Chemistry Environmental Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University Technology, India 2Artificial Photosynthesis gr...