“…In the last decades, the energy demand has been continuously rising due to the sustained growth of world population and global economy, being so far mainly met by fossil fuels. 1 The transportation sector plays a key role in the increase of energy demand as it nowadays accounts for nearly one-quarter of the global energy-related CO 2 emissions. 2 Particularly, one of the greatest challenges currently in this field is the development of a sustainable alternative for powering the aviation sector, where the use of electric or hydrogen-based technologies is still far from commercial application.…”