Environmental Catalysis
A section of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).
Section Information
The “Environmental Catalysis” section of the journal Catalysts publishes original and high-quality research communications, articles, and review articles on the topics of the catalytic elimination of gas, liquid, and solid-phase pollutants.
Responding to serious concern about the ongoing contamination of air, water, and soil by pollutants such as VOC, NOx, SOx, CO2, CH4, organic compounds, and soot emitted by industry and transportation, increasingly stringent regulations and policies are being introduced by governments around the world to decrease environmental outdoor pollution. Long-neglected compared to outdoor pollution, indoor pollution is now recognized as a major public health problem.
In order to meet the new standards of regulation but also to protect the environment and human health, two different strategies have been implemented. The first approach concerns cutting emissions through source reduction by improving process efficiency. The second strategy concerns intercepting emissions before their release using end-of-pipe technologies. Those after-treatment technologies consist of recovery and destructive processes, and catalytic processes are regarded as one of the most promising methods for pollutants removal from air or liquid media.
The “Environmental Catalysis” section aims to cover promising recent research in the field of the development of innovative catalytic materials from their syntheses (powdered or structured catalysts) to their application in model pollutants and in real mixtures of pollutants removal from (outdoor and indoor) air, water, and wastewater. Special attention is given to their durability and reusability, and to by-products formation in the catalytic process.
Fundamental studies for establishing structure-reactivity/selectivity relationships of catalysts (operando measurements) and for elucidating the kinetics of heterogeneous reactions are also expected to yield information about mechanisms and to optimize the reactor design and the catalytic process.
Advance knowledge of recent catalytic processes (photo-catalysis, plasma-catalysis, electro-catalysis, etc.) applied to environmental protection is also addressed, as well as an understanding of the key challenges to face to promote their application to full scale.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Catalytic Processes for Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Nanocatalysts in Energy and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Environmentally Friendly Catalysis for Green Future (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in Catalysis for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Catalysis for CO2 Conversion, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Novel Catalysts for Environmental Catalysis (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Heterogeneous Catalysis in Air Pollution Control (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Catalysis and Technology for CO2 Capture, Conversion and Utilization (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Catalysis for Sustainable Environmental Solutions (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Remediation of Natural Waters by Photocatalysis (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Novel Advanced Oxidation Processes for Catalytic Degradation of Emerging Contaminants (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Environmental Catalysis and Nanomaterials for Water Pollution Control (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Catalytic Materials for Hazardous Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Plasma Catalysis for Environment and Energy Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Catalysis on Stable Molecules (CO2, CO, CH4, N2, NH3) Activation and Their Transformation, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Recent Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Recent Development of Electrocatalysis for Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Environmentally Friendly Catalytic Nanomaterials for Advanced Oxidation and Reduction Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Heterogeneous Catalysis for a Greener Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Catalytic Technologies for Solid Waste Management, Utilization, and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Environmental Applications of Novel Nanocatalytic Materials (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Catalytic Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Cutting-Edge Catalytic Strategies for Organic Pollutant Mitigation (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Catalytic Conversion of CO2 or CO (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Nanomaterial Catalysts for Wastewater Treatments (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Electrocatalysts for Environmental Remediation and Energy Conversion (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advanced Catalysis in Water Purification: Organics and Heavy Metals Removal (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Catalytic Processes for Environmental Remediation and Resource Recycling (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- CO2 Catalytic Valorization and Utilization (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Enhancement of Catalytic Performance for Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Heterogeneous Catalysis for Environmentally Compatible Reactions and Processes, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Catalysts for CO2 Conversions (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Catalytic Carbon Emission Reduction and Conversion in the Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- State-of-the-Art Catalysts for the Removal of Halogenated Pollutants (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Nanocatalysts for the Degradation of Refractory Pollutants, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Porous Catalytic Materials for Environmental Purification (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Catalytic Processes in Environmental Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Catalysis Accelerating Energy and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2025)