Document Type : Editorial

Author

Institute of Advanced Materials, IAAM

Abstract

As the world is entering a phase of realization to mend ways to build a climate-neutral, healthy, and sustainable environment all around and many prominent steps are taken to achieve the goal of net-zero. The advancement of materials used for energy and production purposes is being transformed and developed in ways that will ensure sustainable development without harming of the ecology. One such strong action brought is the use of hydrogen energy towards climate neutrality. Hydrogen is now considered a very important product for aiming at zero waste as it can make it possible to remove fossil fuels usage and will play a very important role in the energy transformation of the world to sustainable development goals. It is very important to reduce the emission of carbon from industries and vehicles and at the same time give longer energy storage. As the European Deal and the United Nations move forward for attaining net-zero goals with the introduction of clean hydrogen energy and its uses have been the showstopper for various conversions in various sectors which will ensure reaching global sustainability. 

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