Photo(electro)catalysis in Energy and Environment: Theories, Experiments, and Applications
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2025) | Viewed by 599
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrocatalysis; energy; photoelectrochemistry
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Interests: electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; molecule catalysts; carbon-carbon bond formation; porphyrin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to contribute to a new Special Issue entitled “Photo(electro)catalysis in Energy and Environment: Theories, Experiments, and Applications”, which is dedicated to examining recent theoretical and experimental research achievements and applications regarding photoelectrocatalysis applications. The concept of photoelectrocatalysis combines electrochemistry and photocatalysis. In photoelectrocatalysis, selecting the right material is critical to obtaining charge carriers, provided the photoelectrodes absorb incident photons. In recent decades, transition metal oxides, especially TiO2-, WO3-, BiVO4-, and Fe2O3-based catalyst materials, have been widely studied in photoelectrocatalysis systems. The syntheses of these materials usually involve simple and cost-effective methods such as hydrothermal methods, co-precipitation methods, sonochemical methods, combustion methods, sol–gel methods, and solid-state methods.
The Special Issue also relates to the experimental and theoretical assessment of potential catalysts for photo/electrocatalytic reactions. It involves the synthesis, characterization, evaluation of properties, synthesis of composite materials, conversion of CO2 into value-added products, photoelectrocatalytic oxidation and reduction of pharmaceutical pollutants, and photodegradation applications. These technologies offer an optimistic approach to addressing the global energy and environmental crisis. Original research papers, short communications, and review articles are invited for submission.
Dr. Prabhakarn Arunachalam
Dr. Qiucheng Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photoelectrocatalysts
- material
- molecular catalysts
- electrocatalysis
- photocatalysis
- CO2 reduction
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