Special Issue: "Energy Technology for the 21st Century

Int. J. Mol. Sci. (ISSN 1422-0067, CODEN: IJMCFK)	Special Issues on "Energy Technology for the 21st Century - Materials and Devices" The special issue belongs to the section "Material Sciences and Nanotechnology"

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Rationale for the special issues on "Energy Technology for the 21st Century - Materials and Devices"

Dear Colleague,

The generation, storage, and transport of energy are among the greatest challenges, if not the most formidable challenge at all, for years to come. Although there have been exciting new developments in these fields, many open questions remain. Many of these are closely connected to materials science, physics, and chemistry. As a result, International Journal of Molecular Sciences will publish a special issue on energy technology for the 21st century. The special issue will showcase the latest and most promising developments for the next centuries. Contributions (reviews and original papers) from all branches of energy technology are welcome and will be considered for publication.

Andreas Taubert

Editors:

Guest Editor:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert

Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Building 26, Rm. 2.64, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Golm, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)331 977 5773; Fax: +49 (0) 331 977 5055
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/atb/index.htm

Assistant Editor:

Dr. Angelika Kren, IJMS Editorial Office

Keywords:

Topics of special interest include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:

Biofuels
Metal Organic Frameworks
Photovoltaics
Bio-inspired power generation

Energetic Ionic Liquids
Fuel Cells/Hydrogen Storage
Energy Storage
"Green" Energy Technologies

Submission: Papers on very general topics of Energy Technology for the 21st Century - Materials and Devices can be submitted and if published, listed here.Review manuscripts: Before writing their manuscripts, potential authors of review articles should forward the title and a short abstract to [email protected], with copy to the Guest Editors. We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic. Please send your paper by e-mail to [email protected] with a copy sent to [email protected]. The subject title of the message should be Manuscript for Special Issues “Energy Technology for the 21st Century - Materials and Devices”. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the “Instructions for Authors” page. The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2008. Papers will be published continuously. Therefore, papers can be submitted as soon as they are ready and all the papers will be listed here.

Announced Papers:

Published Papers:

Yutaka Amao
Department of Applied Chemistry, Oita University Dannoharu 700, Oita 870-1192, Japan
E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel. +81-97-554-7972
Received: 16 May 2008; in revised form: 9 June 2008 / Accepted: 17 June 2008 / Published: 8 July 2008
Review: Photoinduced Biohydrogen Production from Biomass
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1156-1172 (PDF format, 246K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9071156

Leading Papers and Reviews and subtopics

Metal Organic Frameworks

Special issue website: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/frameworks.htm. Some related leading papers:

Georgiev, I.G.; MacGillivray, L.R. Metal-mediated reactivity in the organic solid state: From self-assembled complexes to metal-organic frameworks. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2007, 36, 1239-1248.
Yaghi, O.M. Metal-organic Frameworks: A tale of two entanglements. Nature Mat. 2007, 6, 92-93.
Mueller, U.; Schubert, M.; Teich, F.; Puetter, H.; Schierle-Arndt, K.; Pastre, J. Metal-organic frameworks-prospective industrial applications. J. Mat. Chem. 2006, 16, 626-636

Photovoltaics
Special issue website: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/photovoltaics.htm. Some related leading papers:

Barnham, K.W. J.; Mazzer, M.; Clive, B. Resolving the energy crisis: nuclear or photovoltaics? Nature Mat. 2006, 5, 161-164.
Peter, Laurence M. Dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phy. 2007, 9, 2630-2642.
Guenes, Serap; Neugebauer, Helmut; Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar. Conjugated Polymer-Based Organic Solar Cells. Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 1324-1338.
Grimes, C.A. Synthesis and application of highly ordered arrays of TiO2 nanotubes. J. Mat. Chem. 2007, 17, 1451-1457.
Peter, L.M. Characterization and Modeling of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 6601-6612.
Walzer, K.; Maennig, B.; Pfeiffer, M.; Leo, K. Highly Efficient Organic Devices Based on Electrically Doped Transport Layers. Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 1233-1271.

Fuel Cells
Special issue website: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/fuel-cells.htm. Some related leading papers:

Bock, T.; Moehwald, H.; Muelhaupt, R. Arylphosphonic acid-functionalized polyelectrolytes as fuel cell membrane material. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2007, 208, 1324-1340.
Feldheim, D.L. The New Face of Catalysis. Science 2007, 316, 699-700.
Gottesfeld, S. Polymer electrolyte and direct methanol fuel cells. Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry 2007, 5, 544-661.
Satyapal, S.; Petrovic, J.; Thomas, G. Gassing up with hydrogen. Scientific American 2007, 296, 80-87.
Steininger, H.; Schuster, M.; Kreuer, K. D.; Kaltbeitzel, A.; Bingoel, B.; Meyer, W. H.; Schauff, S.; Brunklaus, G.; Maier, J.; Spiess, H.W. Intermediate temperature proton conductors for PEM fuel cells based on phosphonic acid as protogenic group: A progress report. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007, 9, 1764-1773.

Hydrogen Storage
Special issue website: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/H-storage.htm. Some related leading papers:

Felderhoff, M.;.Weidenthaler, C.; von Helmolt, R.; Eberle, U. Hydrogen storage: the remaining scientific and technological challenges. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2007, 9, 2643-2653.

Biofuels
Papers on this topic can be published in the special issue Biofules at http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/specialissues/biofuels.htm
Some related leading papers:

Himmel, M.E.; Ding, S.Y.; Johnson, D.K.; Adney, W.S.; Nimlos, M.R.; Brady, J.W.; Foust, T.D. Biomass Recalcitrance: Engineering Plants and Enzymes for Biofuels Production. Science 2007, 315, 804-807.
Stephanopoulos, G. Challenges in Engineering Microbes for Biofuels Production. Science 2007, 315, 801-804.
Hahn-Haegerdal, B.; Galbe, M.; Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F.; Liden, G.; Zacchi,G. Bio-ethanol - the fuel of tomorrow from the residues of today. Trends Biotechn. 2006, 24, 549-556.
Petrus, L.; Noordermeer, M.A. Biomass to biofuels, a chemical perspective. Green Chemistry 2006, 8, 861-867.
Clark, J.H.; Budarin, V.; Deswarte, F.E.I.; Hardy, J. J.E.; Kerton, F.M.; Hunt, A.J.; Luque, R.; Macquarrie, D.J.; Milkowski, K.; Rodriguez, A.; Samuel, O.; Tavener, S.J.; White, R.J.; Wilson, A.J. Green chemistry and the biorefinery: a partnership for a sustainable future. Green Chemistry 2006, 8, 853-860.
Sticklen, M. Plant genetic engineering to improve biomass characteristics for biofuels. Curr. Opin. Biotechn. 2006,17, 315-319.

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