Surface Microstructure Design for Advanced Catalysts

Dear Colleagues,

The rational design of surface microstructure is becoming an effective strategy to modulate surface/interface environments and electronic states of solid catalysts, and is of great significance for constructing highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for important catalytic processes. By combining various advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, significant advances have been made in revealing the structure features of the catalytically active sites and in understanding structure–performance relations, and through precise microstructure designs, the achieved outputs are turning the innovation of more efficient catalysts into a reality. In this Special Issue, we wish to focus on the promising recent research dedicated to the design and preparation of advanced heterogeneous catalysts through the precise modulation of the microstructure of the catalysts to meet the needs of various catalytic reactions involving organic transformations, environmental remediation and renewable energy in the fields of thermal catalysis, photocatalysis, photothermalcatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis.

Prof. Dr. Mingjun Jia
Prof. Dr. Xintong Zhang
Guest Editors

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