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High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Energy Conversion

A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2025) | Viewed by 1516

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pengfei Tian

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School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: supercapacitors; solid-state batteries; fuel cells; in-situ (operando) characterization methods; catalysts; multi-scale simulation methods
Dr. Xin Han

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Interests: hydrogen energy production and storage; photocatalytic hydrogen production materials; porous hydrogen storage materials; wastewater resource utilization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the face of increasing energy demands and environmental challenges, the development of efficient and sustainable energy conversion technologies has become a global priority, and high-performance nano-catalysts are at the forefront of this effort, offering unique advantages such as high surface area, tunable properties, and enhanced reaction kinetics. These catalysts play a pivotal role in various energy conversion processes, including those governed by photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and thermocatalysis.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to showcase their latest advancements in the design, synthesis, and application of nanocatalysts for energy conversion.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome, and research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: hydrogen production, hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, CO2 conversion, fuel cells, metal-ion batteries, metal-air batteries, and water–gas shift reactions.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Pengfei Tian
Dr. Xin Han
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • photocatalysis
  • electrocatalysis
  • thermocatalysis
  • nanocatalysts
  • energy conversion
  • hydrogen production
  • CO2 conversion

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CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Novel Melamine-Based Polyaminal Porous Polymer Coordinated to Cu-Based Catalyst
by Laila S. A. Ali, Ahmad Abo Markeb, Javier Moral-Vico, Xavier Font and Adriana Artola
Catalysts 2026, 16(2), 170; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16020170 - 5 Feb 2026
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The catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol is significantly important both practically and scientifically for the reduction in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it can partially address the issue of human reliance on non-renewable resources. The main motivation of this study is to [...] Read more.
The catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol is significantly important both practically and scientifically for the reduction in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it can partially address the issue of human reliance on non-renewable resources. The main motivation of this study is to use a melamine polymer network to support a copper-based catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Based on Schiff base chemistry, a facile catalyst-free process, a novel porous polyaminal polymer (MGPN) was prepared with nitrogen contents as high as 38%. MGPN was used as a support for Cu-based catalyst and applied in CO2 hydrogenation to CH3OH under mild conditions. A deep characterization of the MGPN@CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst was made through FTIR, N2 adsorption–desorption, SEM-EDS, TEM, TGA, XRD, CO2-TPD, and H2-TPR techniques. The CO2 hydrogenation study was performed in a fixed bed reactor with a residence time of 1.104 s on varying parameters such as the metal loading, catalyst amount, flow rate, pressure, calcination temperatures, reduction temperatures, and catalytic reaction temperature profile. The space-time yield (STY) of 145.43 mgmethanol·gcatalyst−1·h−1, a selectivity of 98.36%, and CO2 conversion of 11.76% were obtained under an economically and energetically sustainable low-pressure (1 MPa) and 260 °C hydrogenation process. Full article
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