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Renewable Energy

Call for Papers

Renewable energy technologies produce sustainable clean energy from sources such as the sun, the wind, plants, and water. Renewable energy technologies have the potential to improve environmental quality and contribute to a strong energy economy. Renewable energy provides 19% of electricity generation worldwide, and renewable biofuels have contributed to a significant decline in oil consumption. There is a strong support for promoting research in renewable energy such as solar and fuel cells.

The main focus of this special issue will be on the new and existing techniques and methods related to chemical procedures for renewable energy generation. Simulation in the renewable energy field is critical in tackling energy problems which are too expensive or dangerous to study. This special issue will focus on the fundamental concepts in the material, chemical, and computer sciences of interest to renewable energy. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Photovoltaic cells
  • Fuel cells
  • Energy delivery and storage
  • Converting biomass into liquid fuels
  • Converting biomass into chemical products
  • Nanotechnology in renewable energy
  • Hydrogen technologies
  • Computation related to renewable energy

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/chem/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/chem/physical.chemistry/re/ according to the following timetable:

Manuscript DueFriday, 1 February 2013
First Round of ReviewsFriday, 26 April 2013
Publication DateFriday, 21 June 2013

Lead Guest Editor

  • Ahmed A. Mohamed, Department of Chemistry, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA

Guest Editors

  • Mitchell R. M. Bruce, Department of Chemistry, The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
  • Mohammad Omary, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA
  • José M. López-de-Luzuriaga, Área de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, CISQ, Universidad de La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain