title: Chemistry Future: Priorities and Opportunities from the Sustainability Perspective.
abstract: To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of ChemSusChem, we as the chairmen of the editorial board are writing this Essay to summarize important scientific contributions to our journal during the past decade in terms of sustainable science and technology. Bibliometric analysis of published papers show that biorefinery, solar energy conversion, energy-storage materials, and carbon dioxide utilizations attracted most attention in this area. According to our own knowledge and understanding and from the sustainability point of view, we are also pointing out those research directions that we believe can play key roles in the future chemistry to meet the grand challenges in energy and environment. Hopefully, these perspective aspects will provide the readers with new angles to look at the chemistry in the coming decades and inspire the development of new technologies to make our society sustainable.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V., Albert-Einstein-Straße 29a, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beller
authors.affiliation: Dept. MIFT (Industrial Chemistry), Univ. Messina, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-9840
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Centi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.|State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Artificial Photosynthesis, Dalian University of Technology, 116024, Dalian, PR China.
authors.forename: Licheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D012993:Solar Energy
keywords: catalysis; chemistry future; energy; solar-driven chemistry; sustainable chemistry