Porous Materials as Efficient Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Over the last several decades, the development/exploitation of highly porous materials, including wide range of materials such as MOFs, ZIFs, COFs, zeolites and carbon materials, has increased significantly. There has been a substantial advancement in the development of highly porous material with desired chemical and physical characteristics for various applications, including as catalyst supports, active materials and/or adsorbents. In many cases, the new class of materials open opportunities in developing new chemical processes technologies. They also contribute to the improvement of existing chemical processes. All these activities together contribute to the enhancement of process efficiencies, minimization of environmental impacts and increasing of economic benefits.

This Special Issue, entitled “Porous Materials as Efficient Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications”, will concentrate on capturing advancements in the application of porous materials as catalyst materials in wide range of applications. Research findings aimed at the fundamental exploration of catalyst development—catalyst syntheses, characterizations and testing in laboratory/larger scales, catalyst deactivation, reaction mechanisms, kinetics investigations, catalytic reactors, experience in catalytic process operations involving porous materials—are of principal interest of this Special Issue. State-of-the-art reviews of these subjects are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Mozahar Hossain
Guest Editor

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