Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysts for Sustainable Chemical Transformations: From Biomass Valorization to Clean Energy
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 October 2026 | Viewed by 349
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; catalysis; kinetics and mechanisms of reactions
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Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable chemical transformations are essential for addressing global challenges related to energy, resources and the environment. Advanced heterogeneous catalysts play a crucial role in enabling efficient and selective processes for biomass valorization and clean energy conversion. Rational catalyst design through engineering and controlled composition, structure, porosity, and active sites, has significantly improved catalytic performance, stability, and sustainability. As a result, applications involving the conversion of renewable biomass into fuels and value-added chemicals, as well as clean energy technologies such as hydrogen production, CO₂ utilization, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis, have been actively explored as key pathways toward a low-carbon future. This Special Issue invites original research articles and reviews focusing on the synthesis, characterization, structure–activity relationships and mechanistic insights of advanced heterogeneous catalysts and related chemical reactions. By integrating developments from biomass-based processes to energy-related catalysis, this Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress and emerging directions toward sustainable catalytic technologies.
Dr. Eng-Poh Ng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heterogeneous catalysis
- biomass valorization
- clean energy catalysis
- energy-related catalysis
- green chemical processes
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