ReviewACS omega2026
Electrofuels for Road, Rail, Maritime, and Aviation Sectors: Assessing the Potential Challenges and Opportunities for Decarbonization.
Review in ACS omega, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Electrofuels (e-fuels) offer a decarbonization pathway for the hard-to-abate transport sectors of aviation, maritime, rail, and heavy-duty road transport by exploiting existing fuel infrastructure while eliminating fossil carbon emissions. Despite this advantage, commercial deployment remains constrained by prohibitive production costs (currently €3-6/L for e-diesel, €2-5/L for e-methanol), intensive energy requirements (∼50 kWh renewable electricity per liter), and systemic upscaling barriers including feedstock availability and carbon source purity. We critically examine sector-specific deployment potential, identifying aviation and maritime as priority markets where electrification alternatives remain limited while highlighting hybrid architectures (e-fuel/electric synergies) for rail and road applications. This review synthesizes recent technological advances demonstrating pathway efficiency improvements up to 70% through process intensification and advanced catalytic systems, notably CO
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