Dear Colleagues.,
As the special issue editors, we are pleased to announce a special issue in the Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering (FCSE) on the topic of “Advances in Plasma Technology for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications”. This special issue aims to serve the scientific community by highlighting recent breakthroughs and cutting-edge innovations in this rapidly advancing field. The Guest-Editors of this issue are Dr. Guoxing Chen (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), Prof. Renwu Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China), Prof. Lina Liu (Nankai University, China), Dr. Sirui Li (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands), Prof. Hao Zhang (Zhejiang University, China), Prof. Danhua Mei (Nanjing Tech University, China).
We cordially invite you to contribute to this special issue of FCSE. You may submit your latest research work either full papers or communications or offer critical reviews of the state-of-the-art, or insights on relevant fields. Once submitted, your manuscript will undergo evaluation by the editors and then proceed through our standard peer-review process.
FCSE is a leading peer-reviewed international journal in Chemical Engineering published by Springer and Higher Education Press, co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Tianjin University. This journal publishes high-quality and original results in both fundamental and applied research in the wide spectra of chemical science and engineering. FCSE is not an OA journal and no publishing charges. More information can be found at:
Springer website: http://link.springer.com/journal/11705
Journal website: http://journal.hep.com.cn/
Online submission: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fcse
We look forward to your contributions and to advancing the discussion on plasma technology’s role in sustainable energy and environmental solutions. The submission deadline is 31st October, 2025. Thank you in advance for your interest and kind support!
Sincerely yours，
Guest Editors of Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
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Guoxing Chen Technical University of Darmstadt |
Renwu Zhou Xi’an Jiaotong University |
Lina Liu Nankai University iuln@nankai.edu.cn |
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Sirui Li Eindhoven University of Technology |
Hao Zhang Zhejiang University |
Danhua Me Nanjing Tech University danhuamei@njtech.edu.cn |
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Guoxing Chen is currently a senior scientist at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. He received his PhD in Engineering, Science and Technology from Free University of Brussels in Belgium in 2017. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Stuttgart and the Technical University of Darmstadt from 2017 to 2020. He worked as a senior scientist at Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies from 2020 to 2024. His current research activities are the utilization of plasma-based technologies (including plasma catalysis) for gas conversion and recycling of waste materials and the development of CO2-resistant mixed ionic-electronic conducting materials for plasma-based reaction separation coupling and oxygen permeation membranes. |
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Renwu Zhou is currently a full professor in Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He received his PhD at Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 2019. He worked as a Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of Sydney (2019-2022) towards a better understanding of plasma-matter interactions. His research interests include the development of electrically driven green chemistry with a focus on non-equilibrium plasma, plasma catalysis, and plasma-electrochemical technologies. Green chemical synthesis from small molecules (N2, CO2, CH4, H2O etc.) and technology scaleup are applications of particular interest of his research group. |
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Lina Liu is currently an associate professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China. She received her BSc and PhD degree from Beihang University, China in 2013 and 2018, respectively. After that, she worked as a research fellow in National University of Singapore, Singapore. Her research interests mainly focus on plasma catalysis for biomass tar reforming and C1 chemistry. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles with a h-index of 27. |
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Sirui Li is currently a senior researcher in the Sustainable Process Engineering group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He received his PhD from the University of Strathclyde in 2017 and has been with TU/e since then. His research focuses on plasma-based processes for sustainable energy and chemical production, particularly in CO₂ utilization, nitrogen fixation, and methane conversion; specializes in developing novel plasma-material systems and reactors for process integration and intensification, with an emphasis on plasma-sorbent, plasma-catalyst, and plasma-membrane interactions, as well as their coupling in various plasma reactors and processes. |
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Hao Zhang is currently a research professor in the College of Energy Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. He received his PhD in Thermal Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2016, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the same institution (2017–2018). From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a Humboldt Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Bielefeld University and the Institute of Combustion Technology at the German Aerospace Center, Germany. He joined his current position since Feb. 2022. His research focuses on plasma and plasma catalytic applications for sustainable chemistry, particularly CO2 conversion and ammonia synthesis. He also explores catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste into value-added liquid fuels. |
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Danhua Mei is a Professor at Nanjing Tech University, China. He obtained double PhD degrees in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China and in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2016. His research interests mainly focus on non-thermal plasma and plasma catalysis for energy and environmental applications. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and been authorized 12 national invention patents. He has delivered 17 invited talks and worked as Session Chair 16 times in both international and national conferences including iSPEC, CIEEC, APCOPTS and HVDP during recent 5 years. |
