Novel Advancements Towards Nanocomposite Synthesis and Their Potential Application in Photocatalysis, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 239
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green synthesis of hybrid nanomaterials/polymers, their characterization, and their potential applications; photocatalysis, adsorption studies, and microbial fuel technology for the removal of priority organic pollutants; wastewater treatment using synthesized graphene and metal oxide-based composite materials; degradation of organic pollutants present in wastewater, and the identification and characterization of intermediate products formed during photooxidation processes
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Interests: synthesis of single-atom catalysts, semiconductor photo/electro-catalysts, metal–organic frameworks, graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, TiO2 nanosheets and nanotubes, perovskites oxides, and hybrid heterojunctions for energy-related applications such as IPCE, photo/electrocatalytic H2 production; solid oxide fuel cells; gas and glucose sensing; environmental remediation
Interests: role of nanoparticles in inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis; macrophages; fibroblast; oxidative stress; angiogenesis and rheumatoid arthritis
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Interests: synthesis of molecular imprinting polymers for the removal/extraction of dyes, fungicides, herbicides, and various natural products from environmental and biological samples; development of new test methods and determining standard conditions for the analysis (separation, isolation, and determination) of various analytes from environmental and biological samples; analysis of samples like surfactants, amino acids, drugs, vitamins, sugars, and metal ions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanoparticles have gained substantial interest from researchers over last few decades due to their unique chemical and physical properties. These nanoparticles also have shown outstanding performance in various fields of research, such as photocatalysis. Within photocatalysis, they exhibit efficient performance with metal oxides as well as other configurations like sulfides, etc. Additionally, some novel nanocomposites such as doped metal oxide-based nanocomposites, doped polymer nanocomposites, and graphene-based nanocomposites have recently attracted a great deal of interest due to their unique physical–chemical properties. Furthermore, several advances have been made regarding their synthesis methods. However, further efforts are required to improve and tailor the properties of nanocomposites, lower costs, and establish clean systems (e.g., green synthesis methods), presenting the focus of work moving forward.
This Special Issue invites investigators to submit their original research articles and reviews based on the novel achievements of nanocomposites in the field of photocatalysis (degradation of pollutants, intermediate product studies).
Dr. Khalid Umar
Dr. Waseem Raza
Dr. Sadiq Umar
Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhawani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green synthesis of nanomaterials
- interfaced/doped nanocomposites
- potential applications of nanoparticles
- nanoparticles surface functionalization.
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