Integrating Pyrolysis with Catalysis: A Pathway to Sustainable Chemicals
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; biofuel production; gasification; pyrolysis; hydrodeoxygenation
2. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: metal-based catalysts; photocatalysts; nanocatalysts; supramolecular nanocatalysts; energy and environmental catalysis; catalytic pyrolysis of hydrocarbon source rocks; carbonaceous materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing environmental and economic challenges associated with conventional fossil fuel consumption highlight the urgent need for sustainable alternatives. Valorizing abundant lignocellulosic biomass, organic waste, and unconventional fossil fuels (such as oil shale, oil sands, heavy oil, coal-to-liquid, and so on), etc., using thermochemical conversion strategies offers a promising solution. Among the various thermochemical conversion routes, pyrolysis has emerged as a highly viable process for transforming these organic matters of huge resources into high-value sustainable products. However, the direct application of pyrolysis products is often limited by their high oxygen content, instability, and suboptimal physicochemical properties. The integration of pyrolysis with advanced catalytic processes offers a transformative solution, enabling the efficient upgrading of these products into stable and value-added products such as aromatics, olefins, and sustainable aviation fuels. This Special Issue invites contributions focusing on novel catalytic materials, mechanistic insights, and process innovations that advance the pyrolysis of various organic matters toward scalable, sustainable chemical production. Emphasis is placed on catalytic strategies for producing sustainable fuels and green chemicals, supported by recent breakthroughs in catalyst design, including acidity tuning, enhanced mesoporosity, and improved hydrothermal stability, which have boosted selectivity, yields, and durability. By bridging pyrolysis and catalysis, this Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge research that tackles key challenges and offers practical, industrially relevant solutions for the green chemical and sustainable fuel sectors.
Dr. Soheil Valizadeh
Dr. Penglei Chen
Guest Editors
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