CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysis. Группа авторов

Preface

      Carbon dioxide is widely considered to be primarily responsible for global climatic changes. Presently, scientists are facing enormous challenges in mitigating the global CO₂ emissions. Significant progress has recently been achieved in the research topic of the catalysis of CO₂ hydrogenation, as one of the most important subjects in chemistry. In addition, the paradigm shift from fossil fuels to low‐carbon renewable energy (solar photovoltaics and wind) in recent years will allow for the competition between the CO₂ emission by energy consumption and its fixation by CO₂ conversion. In future, advancement in the fields of carbon capture and utilization is expected.

      I would like to thank all the authors, who are all acknowledged as world expert in their area of CO₂ hydrogenation, for their enthusiastic efforts to present recent advances in CO₂ hydrogenation. Their state‐of‐the‐art research gives exceptionally beneficial information to the researchers, teachers, and students who are interested in the research field of CO₂ hydrogenation. I anticipate that their contributions will stimulate further study in CO₂ utilization as well as CO₂ hydrogenation. I would also like to thank the Wiley‐VCH team for their continuous support. Finally, I deeply appreciate the members of my research group for their valuable assistance, especially Dr. Ryoichi Kanega for the cover design, and Dr. Hide Kambayashi for data survey.

      In the spring and summer of 2020, the world has been hit by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Despite these difficult times, I am delighted that this book could be completed.

      July 2020

      Yuichiro Himeda

      National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,

      Global Zero Emission Research Center,

      Tsukuba, Japan