Catalysts Best Paper Award 2016

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 Prize
    Toni Riittonen, Esa Toukoniitty, Dipak Kumar Madnani, Anne-Riikka Leino, Krisztian Kordas, Maria Szabo, Andras Sapi, Kalle Arve, Johan Wärnå and Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
    One-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: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/68/pdf
  • Second Prize
    Rosa Bonelli, Stefano Zacchini and Stefania Albonetti
    Gold/Iron Carbonyl Clusters for Tailored Au/FeOx Supported Catalysts. Catalysts 2012, 2, 1–23.
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/1/pdf
  • Third Prize
    Tsutomu 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: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/1/56/pdf
• Top Review Article

  • First Prize
    Manoj A. Lazar, Shaji Varghese and Santhosh S. Nair
    Photocatalytic Water Treatment by Titanium Dioxide: Recent Updates. Catalysts 2012, 2, 572–601.
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/4/572/pdf
  • Second Prize
    Redox Catalysis Richard Reithmeier, Christian Bruckmeier and Bernhard Rieger
    Conversion of CO₂ via Visible Light Promoted Homogeneous Redox Catalysis. Catalysts 2012, 2, 544–571.
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/2/4/544/pdf
  • Third Prize
    Beatrice-Andreea Dranga, Liliana Lazar and Heinz Koeser
    Oxidation Catalysts for Elemental Mercury in Flue Gases—A Review. Catalysts 2012, 2, 139–170.
    Available online: https://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: [email protected]

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

Dr. Leonarda F. Liotta

Institute of Nanostructured Materials, Palermo Research Division, CNR - ISMN, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy

E-Mail: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Bunsho Ohtani

Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan

E-Mail: [email protected]