Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue focusing on “Carbon Capture, Separation and Utilization”.

The emission of CO₂ is intricately linked to human activities across various sectors, including energy, agriculture, industry, and waste management. Alarmingly, energy-related only CO₂ emissions has reached an all-time high of over 36.8 Gt in the past 2022. This surge in emissions has raised global concerns about greenhouse effects and environmental issues. Consequently, reducing CO₂ emissions has become a crucial objective in many leading countries, which possesses challenges and also opportunities for developing advanced technologies for carbon capture, separation, and utilization.

Addressing the issue of CO₂ emission requires a diverse range of technologies because the emission of CO₂ varies in terms of locations, modes, volumes, and sources across the planet. Substantial research efforts have been devoted to reducing CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion, as it accounts for approximately 40% of total emissions. Available technologies include reducing CO₂ formation prior to fuel combustion and also capturing CO₂ from flue gas streams. Recent advancements have also been made in areas such as direct CO₂ capture from ambient air, downstream utilization of CO₂ for enhanced oil/brine recovery, and CO₂-to-fuel conversions.

Therefore, we invite researchers to contribute their latest research and insights to this Special Issue. We welcome papers that encompass a wide range of topics related to CO₂ capture, separation, and utilization. The preferred paper scope includes, but is not limited to, pre- and post-combustion carbon capture technologies, CO₂ capture from the ambient environment, CO₂ utilization in natural resources extraction, CO₂ conversion to value-added products, and novel materials with the potential to mitigate CO₂ emissions.

Dr. Yifu Li
Dr. Zhien Zhang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Separations is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• carbon capture
• CO₂ utilization
• separation technologies
• CO₂ conversions
• advanced combustion technologies