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Feature Papers in "Industrial Catalysis" Section, 2nd Edition

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 4238

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Prof. Dr. Xiujie Li

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State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
Interests: zeolite material; olefin conversion; CO2 utilization; heterogeneous catalysis
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Prof. Dr. Guido Busca

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Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 15, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Interests: industrial chemical processes; industrial catalysis; metal catalysts; oxidation catalysts; catalyst carriers; catalysts characterization; catalysts development; mechanism of catalytic reactions
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Dear Colleagues,

This is the second edition of the Special Issue “Feature Papers in "Industrial Catalysis" Section”. In this new edition, we welcome the submission of original and high-quality research communications, articles, and review papers on topics related to the practical application of catalysts and catalysis in industrial processes, including refinery and petrochemistry, fine chemistry, biomass conversion, e-fuel production, etc. 

Heterogeneous catalysis has been a cornerstone of industrial chemistry for over a century. In fact, a significant majority—likely over 85%—of real industrial chemical processes involve catalysis. Heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis will also be involved in the appraching energy transition, as they are used extensively in technologies for producing and converting hydrogen, producing e-fuels and hydrogen carrier molecules, converting biomasses to biofuels, storing energy, etc. Given its enormous practical relevance, research in this field is highly active at both the academic and industrial levels. In recent years, catalysis has also emerged as a crucial factor in the electrodic reactions that occur in electrochemical devices such as batteries, electrolysis cells, and fuel cells. Therefore, the advancement of industrial catalysis is essential for the development of catalytic reactors and processes and their subsequent industrialization. 

This Special Issue aims to address the optimization of catalytic activity, the selectivity of desired products, the thermal stability of catalysts, as well as molecular, reactor, and process modeling. It will also include kinetic investigations and studies related to the end-of-life of spent catalysts and their reutilization. 

We hope that this Special Issue will serve as a platform for collaboration among chemists, chemical engineers, and physicists from both industry and academia. All contributors should have a strong understanding of the practical aspects of industrial processes, enabling them to develop and optimize catalytic chemical processes effectively.

Prof. Dr. Xiujie Li
Prof. Dr. Guido Busca
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Keywords

  • industrial catalysis
  • catalyst design
  • reaction kinetics
  • process optimization
  • catalyst characterization
  • catalysis and chemical engineering
  • catalysis for energy
  • catalytic activity and product selectivity
  • catalyst synthesis
  • emerging trends in catalysis

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Effects of Crystallinity and Pore Architecture of Titanium Silicalites on α-Pinene Oxidation
by Jadwiga Grzeszczak, Agnieszka Wróblewska and Beata Michalkiewicz
Catalysts 2025, 15(9), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal15090860 - 5 Sep 2025
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Titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) is an effective catalyst, but its limited pore size restricts the access of bulky substrates such as α-pinene. In our previous studies, a TS-1 catalyst with a Si/Ti molar ratio of 20:1 demonstrated high activity in α-pinene oxidation but suffered [...] Read more.
Titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) is an effective catalyst, but its limited pore size restricts the access of bulky substrates such as α-pinene. In our previous studies, a TS-1 catalyst with a Si/Ti molar ratio of 20:1 demonstrated high activity in α-pinene oxidation but suffered from diffusion limitations. To overcome this drawback, four new titanium silicate catalysts were synthesized using the reference TS-1 as the parent material (TS-1 catalyst with the Si/Ti molar ratio of 20:1). MTS-1_1 and MTS-1_2 were prepared via a co-templating method, while HTS-1_1 and HTS-1_2 were obtained through post-synthetic recrystallization using triethylamine (method I) or sulfuric acid followed by triethylamine (method II). All catalysts were characterized by UV–Vis, FTIR, XRD, SEM, EDXRF, and nitrogen sorption, and their activity was tested in solvent-free oxidation of α-pinene using molecular oxygen. The influence of temperature, catalyst content, and reaction time on the conversion of α-pinene and the selectivities of the main products was investigated. All modified materials exhibited higher catalytic activity than the reference TS-1 material. HTS-1_2 showed the best results, achieving the conversion of α-pinene of 21 mol% and the selectivity of transformation to α-pinene oxide of 35 mol%. Verbenol and verbenone were also formed as valuable oxygenated products. The developed catalysts enable a green and efficient transformation of renewable α-pinene into high-value derivatives. Full article
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Theoretical Study on the Effect of Pd/Zn Ratio on Benzene Hydrogenation Catalytic Activity and Selectivity
by Yuke Cui, Ning Wang, Jingli Han, Zhiyuan Wang, Meng Zhang, Zhikun Peng, Zhongyi Liu, Francesc Illas and Yongpeng Yang
Catalysts 2025, 15(1), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal15010057 - 9 Jan 2025
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Partial hydrogenation of benzene is the main approach to cyclohexene synthesis in industry. Here, the reaction mechanisms of benzene hydrogenation on Pd-Zn bimetallic catalysts were studied using density functional theory, with the aim of understanding the effect of different Pd/Zn ratios on catalytic [...] Read more.
Partial hydrogenation of benzene is the main approach to cyclohexene synthesis in industry. Here, the reaction mechanisms of benzene hydrogenation on Pd-Zn bimetallic catalysts were studied using density functional theory, with the aim of understanding the effect of different Pd/Zn ratios on catalytic activity and cyclohexene selectivity. Three different surfaces, Pd(111), Pd4Zn1(111), and Pd2Zn1(111), were considered as catalyst models. It was found that increasing the Zn concentration decreases the hydrogenation energy barriers while also hindering the reverse reactions. These findings are corroborated by microkinetic simulations and also indicate that cyclohexene selectivity increases with higher Zn concentration but at the expense of reaction activity, which decreases due to the weaker C6H6* and H* adsorption strength in systems with high Zn concentration. The hydrogen coverage has a significant effect on the reaction activity, degree of rate control coefficient, and apparent activation energy as well. For the high hydrogen coverage situations, C6H9 hydrogenation is the rate-controlling step on H1.0/Pd(111) at all considered temperatures, but the degree of rate control for the C6H11 hydrogenation step significantly increases at high temperatures. For H0.8/Pd4Zn1(111), the rate-controlling step changes from C6H7 hydrogenation to C6H9 hydrogenation with increasing temperature, and for H0.67/Pd2Zn1(111), it changes from C6H7 and C6H8 hydrogenation to C6H10 hydrogenation. Full article
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CO2-Assisted Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene over Modified SiO2 Based Catalysts
by Alexandra Florou, Aliki Kokka, Georgios Bampos and Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou
Catalysts 2024, 14(12), 933; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal14120933 - 18 Dec 2024
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The oxidative dehydrogenation of propane with CO2 (CO2-ODP) was investigated over different metal oxides MxOy (M: Ca, Sn, Cr, Ga) supported on a SiO2 surface. Catalysts were characterized employing nitrogen adsorption/desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), CO2 [...] Read more.
The oxidative dehydrogenation of propane with CO2 (CO2-ODP) was investigated over different metal oxides MxOy (M: Ca, Sn, Cr, Ga) supported on a SiO2 surface. Catalysts were characterized employing nitrogen adsorption/desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), CO2 temperature programmed desorption (CO2-TPD) and pyridine adsorption/desorption experiments in order to identify their physicochemical properties and correlate them with their activity and selectivity for the CO2-ODP reaction. The effect of operating reaction conditions on catalytic performance was also examined, aiming to improve the propylene yield and suppress side reactions. Surface acidity and basicity were found to be affected by the nature of MxOy, which in turn affected the conversion of propane to propylene, which was in all cases higher compared to that of bare SiO2. Propane conversion, reaction rate and selectivities towards propylene and carbon monoxide were maximized for the Ga- and Cr-containing catalysts characterized by moderate surface basicity, which were also able to limit the undesired reactions leading to ethylene and methane byproducts. High surface acidity was found to be beneficial for the CO2-ODP reaction, which, however, should not be excessive to ensure high catalytic activity. The silica-supported Ga2O3 catalyst exhibited sufficient stability with time and better than that of the most active Cr2O3-SiO2 catalyst. Decreasing the weight gas hourly space velocity resulted in a significant improvement in both propane conversion and propylene yield as well as a suppression of undesired product formation. Increasing CO2 concentration in the feed did not practically affect propane conversion, while led to a decrease in propylene yield. The ratio of propylene to ethylene selectivity was optimized for CO2:C3H8 = 5:1 and space velocity of 6000 mL g−1 h−1, most possibly due to facilitation of the C–H bond cleavage against that of the C–C bond. Results of the present study provided evidence that the efficient conversion of propane to propylene is feasible over silica-based composite metal oxides, provided that catalyst characteristics have been optimized and reaction conditions have been properly selected. Full article
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