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:
- CO2 Catalytic Conversion and Utilization (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Selective Catalytic Reduction: From Basic Science to deNOx Applications II (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Photocatalysis and Sonocatalysis for Environmental Applications: Synergy or Competition? (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Environmental Catalytic Applications of Waste-Derived Materials (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- In-Situ Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Pollution Control (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Catalysts in Chemical Looping Technology for Energy Storage and Carbon Emission Reduction (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Advances in Reforming Catalysts for Hydrogen Production (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Advanced Catalysts for the Production of Methanol from CO2 (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Trends and Advances in the Development of Waste-based Catalysts and Processes: Applications in Conventional & Intensified Processes (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Catalytic Methods for Nitrogen Pollutants Conversion in Flue Gases (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Aromatics (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Environmental Catalysis in Advanced Oxidation Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Advances in Photocatalytic Processes for Sustainable Energy Conversion and Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Catalysis and Environmental Applications: Trends and Outlooks (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Advances in Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Novel and Commercially Applicable Environmental Catalysts and Photocatalysts (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Catalysis on Stable Molecules (CO2, CO, CH4, N2, NH3) Activation and Their Transformation (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Catalysis for the Removal of Water Pollutants (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Catalytic Hydrogen Production, Storage and Application (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Carbon-Based Catalysts for Water and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Catalytic Removal and Resource Utilization of NOx (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Renewable Heterogenous Nano-Catalysts for Alternative Fuel Production (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Recent Trends in Catalytic Functionalization of Platform Molecules Derived from Raw Materials (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Catalysis in Treatment and Utilization of Organic Waste (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Catalysts in Chemical Oxidation/Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP) for Water Purification and Recovery (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Photoactive Materials for the Catalytic Decomposition of Water Pollutants (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Advanced Catalytic Material for Water Treatment (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Advanced Catalytic Technology for Environmental Pollution Control and Energy Recovery (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Catalytic Treatment of Air Pollutants (VOCs, PACs, PCDDs/PCDFs, Soot, NOx, CO) II (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Synthesis and Application of Catalytic Materials in Energy and Environment (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Trends in Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Recent Advances on Photocatalytic and Electro-photocatalytic Hydrogen Production (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Plasma Catalysis for CO2 Recycling (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Advancements in Non-Thermal Plasma Catalysis Processes (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Catalytic Steam Reforming II (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Designing Catalytic Desulfurization Processes to Prepare Clean Fuels (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Frontiers in Catalytic Emission Control (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Advances on Green Synthesis of Nanocomposites and Environmental Applications in Adsorption and Catalytic Degradation of Pollutants (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Catalysts for Air Pollution Control: Present and Future (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Microflow (Bio)Catalysis (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Innovative Catalysts for Photo/Electrochemical Conversion of Small Molecules to Fuels and Value-Added Chemicals (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Heterogeneous Catalysts for Organic Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Selected Papers from Central European Conference ECOpole’22 (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Catalysts in C1 Chemistry (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- New Insights into Novel Catalysts for Treatment of Pollutants in Wastewater (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Regeneration of Adsorbent by Catalytic Process II (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Trends in Catalytic Systems for Environmental Protection (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Efficient Oxidation Catalysis Using Unconventional Methods (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Plasma Catalytic Pollution Degradation: State of the Art and Future Directions (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Catalysis for Environmentally Benign Production of Alternative Fuels (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Catalytic Purification of Pollutants and Catalytic Conversion of Solid Wastes (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Ecofriendly Catalytic Materials in Environmental Catalysis for Water Protection (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Feature Papers in Environmental Catalysis (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Theme Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Jae Sung Lee (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Approaches to Catalysis: Elimination of Environmental Pollutants (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Exclusive Papers in Environment-Friendly Catalysis in China (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Frontiers in Catalysis for CO2 Methanation (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Innovative Strategies for (Photo)Electrocatalytic Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Photocatalysts for Treatment of Pollutants in Wastewater (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Advanced Functional Materials for Environmental Catalysis (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Novel Heterogeneous Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) II (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Single-Atom Catalysts of Transition Metal Elements For Waste-to-Energy (Deadline: 31 March 2023)