Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation and Reduction

Dear Colleagues,

So far, apart from enzymatic catalysis, we has seen ever-increasing interest in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic oxidation and reduction for target reactions in various fields, including energy, environment, and health. Catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability for various oxidation and reduction reactions play a crucial role in both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; however, it remains challenging to develop rational design and regulation strategies for catalysts and to establish effective reaction mechanisms.

Although many efforts have been made to tune catalytic performance, it is still a huge challenge to strive to establish structure–activity relationships. The key points regarding this relationship include active center and active sites, local active regions, valence states, catalyst specificity, promoters or co-catalysts, deactivation, etc. The design, optimization, and understanding of active structures and compositions are key goals in the field of catalysis, with implications for various industries.

To better understand and design more efficient and selective catalysts, this Special Issue of Catalysts is dedicated to the trends and directions of various catalytic oxidation and reduction processes, including Fenton, Fenton-like, enzyme catalysis, enzyme-like catalysis, photocatalysis, sonocatalysis, piezoelectric-catalysis, photo-electrocatalysis, nanocatalysis, single-atom catalysis, etc. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not are limited to) the following:

• High-throughput and green synthesis of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts (nanomaterials, single-atomic catalysts, and heterojunctions);
• Development, mechanism, and application of co-catalysis;
• Development of catalytic oxidation and reduction processes by Fenton, Fenton-like, enzyme-like catalysis, photocatalysis, sonocatalysis, piezoelectric-catalysis, and photo-electrocatalysis;
• Process optimization and modeling of catalytic systems for environmental remediation, energy conversion, and biomedical therapy;
• Machine learning for computational homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Weiwei Wang
Dr. Xiaxi Yao
Dr. Wei Chen
Guest Editors

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• catalytic oxidation
• catalytic reduction
• Fenton
• Fenton-like
• enzyme-like catalysis
• photocatalysis
• sonocatalysis
• electrocatalysis
• piezoelectric catalysis
• co-catalysis