Development and Challenges in Engineering the Electronic Structure of Nanostructured Catalysts

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue “Development and Challenges in Engineering the Electronic Structure of Nanostructured Catalysts” aims to publish promising recent research and novel trends in sustainable technologies, securing the efficient utilization of natural resources. Controlling the electronic structure of Nanostructured Catalysts is crucial to unlocking their full potential. The electronic characteristics of nanostructured catalysts are usually unique relative to extended metal surfaces. Understanding how metal atoms interact with hosts and/or other ligands is crucial for designing and optimizing the electronic structure of nanoparticles, nanocomposites, and single-atoms/sites (including single-atom alloys).

Original contributions addressing the tailored electronic metal support interactions (EMSI), orbital hybridization, d-band structure, spin state, and those multi-scale synthesis, characterization, simulation technology, and their sustainable applications, are welcome. Design and synthesis of controlled nanostructured catalysts is desired, based on electronic structure engineering, which will provide a new route from basic research for a sustainable future. 

Prof. Dr. Haifeng Zhang
Dr. Bolin Wang
Guest Editors

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• nanostructured catalysts
• electronic structure
• sustainable technologies
• nanoparticles
• nanocomposites
• single-atoms
• single-atom alloys
• catalysis