“…The other format is for Energy & Fuels to team with renowned research organizations for publishing VSIs that represent recent research highlights on specific topics from these organizations. These two formats of VSIs are in addition to the traditional special issues that are assembled via the submissions of a collection of articles either from a conference/symposium (e.g., the recent VSI of 2019 International Symposium on Clean Energy and Advanced Carbon Materials) or for a special purpose (e.g., the recent special issue in honor of Professor Michael Klein). It is also noted that a few VSIs of this series are focused on those recent advances made in emerging regions.…”