Heterogeneous Catalysis for a Greener Environment
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 55
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Interests: adsorption processes; catalytic wet air oxidation; synthesis and characterization of carbon materials; wastewater treatments
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Interests: adsorption processes; heterogeneous catalysis; modeling; nanostructured carbon materials
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Interests: photocatalysis; catalyst synthesis and characterization; catalytic wet peroxide oxidation; advanced oxidation processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Water scarcity is a critical global challenge affecting over 2 billion people worldwide, with increasing population, industrial growth, and climate change exacerbating the problem. As freshwater resources become increasingly stressed, innovative technological solutions are essential to address this issue. Green heterogeneous catalysts have emerged as a promising water management approach, offering advanced water purification, treatment, and resource conservation methods.
The focus of this Special Issue is to provide a general overview of the main concepts and current advances in the heterogeneous catalysis field, including the use of catalytic processes as alternative treatment methods for aqueous pollutants, such as plastics, pharmaceutical, pesticide compounds, and numerous industrial chemicals, with regard to water remediation. Original research papers and short reviews addressing the synthesis and characterization of new heterogeneous catalysts, influences of different operating parameters and reactor types, reaction kinetics, and mechanisms and identification of intermediates are invited for submission.
Prof. Dr. Juan García Rodríguez
Dr. Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas
Dr. Jaime Carbajo Olleros
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalytic processes
- advanced oxidation processes
- wastewater treatment
- toxic-refractory wastewaters
- synthesis of catalysts
- reaction kinetics and mechanisms
- identification of intermediates
- low-cost catalysts
- activity and stability of heterogeneous catalysts
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