Catalysts has established a new award, to be given annually, for the best original and review articles published in Catalysts. These awards are meant to recognize outstanding contributions by our authors in the field of catalysis. Awards this year were given out for publications in 2012. Nominations were based on citations: the top eight cited original articles and the top eight cited review articles were considered by the prize selection committee consisting of the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Keith Hohn, and four board members: Professor Jean-Francois Lamonier, Dr. Minhua Shao, Dr. Leonarda Liotta, and Professor Bunsho Ohtani.
We are pleased to announce the following winners of the first “Catalysts Best Paper Prize”:
- Top Research Article
- First PrizeToni Riittonen, Esa Toukoniitty, Dipak Kumar Madnani, Anne-Riikka Leino, Krisztian Kordas, Maria Szabo, Andras Sapi, Kalle Arve, Johan Wärnå and Jyri-Pekka MikkolaOne-Pot Liquid-Phase Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to 1-Butanol over Aluminium Oxide—The Effect of the Active Metal on the Selectivity. Catalysts 2012, 2, 68–84.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/68/pdf
- Second PrizeRosa Bonelli, Stefano Zacchini and Stefania AlbonettiGold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts. Catalysts 2012, 2, 1–23.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/1/pdf
- Third PrizeTsutomu Shiragami , Takayuki Tomo, Hikaru Tsumagari, Yasuyuki Ishii and Masahide Yasuda Hydrogen Evolution from Napiergrass by the Combination of Biological Treatment and a Pt-Loaded TiO2-Photocatalytic Reaction. Catalysts 2012, 2, 56–67.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/56/pdf
- Top Review Article
- First PrizeManoj A. Lazar, Shaji Varghese and Santhosh S. NairPhotocatalytic Water Treatment by Titanium Dioxide: Recent Updates. Catalysts 2012, 2, 572–601.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/4/572/pdf
- Second PrizeRedox Catalysis Richard Reithmeier, Christian Bruckmeier and Bernhard RiegerConversion of CO2 via Visible Light Promoted Homogeneous Redox Catalysis. Catalysts 2012, 2, 544–571.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/4/544/pdf
- Third PrizeBeatrice-Andreea Dranga, Liliana Lazar and Heinz KoeserOxidation Catalysts for Elemental Mercury in Flue Gases—A Review. Catalysts 2012, 2, 139–170.Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/139/pdf
The first prize award winners will receive a free publication in Catalysts. Congratulations to all our winners!
Prize Awarding Committee
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Keith Hohn
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
E-Mail: hohn@ksu.edu
Editorial Board Members:
Prof. Dr. Jean-François Lamonier
Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, Université Lille1 Sciences et Technologies, UMR CNRS 8181, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Dr. Leonarda F. Liotta
Institute of Nanostructured Materials, Palermo Research Division, CNR - ISMN, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
E-Mail: leonarda.liotta@ismn.cnr.it
Dr. Minhua Shao
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-Mail: kemshao@ust.hk
Prof. Dr. Bunsho Ohtani
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
E-Mail: ohtani@cat.hokudai.ac.jp
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