| Abstract: | Energy issues are important and consumption is slated to increase across the globe in the future. The energy-environment nexus
is very important as strategies to meet future energy demand are developed. To ensure sustainable growth and development,
it is essential that energy production is environmentally benign. There are two temporal issues—one that is immediate, and
needs to address the environmental compliance of energy generation from fossil fuel sources; and second that is the need to
develop newer alternate and more sustainable approaches in the future. Aerosol science and technology is an enabling discipline
that addresses the energy issue over both these time scales. The paper is a review of aspects of aerosol science and engineering
that helps address carbon neutrality of fossil fuels. Advanced materials to meet these challenges are discussed. Future approaches
to effective harvesting of sunlight that are enabled by aerosol studies are discussed. |
