Catalytic Processes in Environmental Applications
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollutants control; industrial exhaust treatment; environmental catalysis; electro-driven/assisted catalysis; low-temperature catalysis; multi-pollutant synergistic catalysis
Interests: co-removal of NOx and VOCs; VOCs adsorption and catalytic oxidation; ozone catalytic decomposition; pyrolysis and gasification; solid waste utilization
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Interests: gas-solid phase reaction; catalytic oxidation of VOCs; selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides; environmental catalysis; environment function material; environmental nanotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite your contributions to the Special Issue “Catalytic Processes in Environmental Applications”.
Catalytic technology at the forefront of industrial exhaust treatment still faces limitations such as susceptibility to catalyst deactivation, high energy consumption, insufficient synergistic catalytic activity of multiple pollutants, etc. There is an urgent need for in-depth research to develop advanced catalytic methods that can effectively address these challenges.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the cutting-edge frontiers and recent advances in the efficient catalytic removal of pollutants from industrial exhausts, spanning from fundamental research to industrial-scale applications. We warmly invite manuscripts covering (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Innovative strategies for anti-poisoning (e.g., resistance research of chlorine, sulfur, water, heavy metals, etc.);
- Innovative strategies for multi-pollutant synergistic catalysis (e.g., (chlorinated) volatile organic compounds, dioxins, nitrogen oxides, etc.);
- Development on low-energy consumption catalysis (e.g., innovative catalyst design, modification and optimization of catalytic system, etc.);
- Problems and solutions in the practical application of industrial catalysts;
- Advanced characterization techniques for operando/in situ analysis of catalytic interfaces;
- Electro-driven/assisted catalytic strategies for efficient and low-termperautre catalytic performance, etc.;
- Machine learning-assisted applications for design, optimization, and characteristics of catalysts.
Review articles are welcome, but we will prioritize critical reviews that exclusively analyze high-impact studies from 2019 to 2025 to reflect recent progress in environmental catalysis and highlight future directions.
Dr. Yunfeng Ma
Dr. Peng Lu
Prof. Dr. Xiaole Weng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial exhaust treatment
- catalytic oxidation
- selective catalytic reduction
- multi-pollutant synergistic catalysis
- electro-driven/assisted catalysis
- low-energy consumption catalysis
- catalyst design assisted by AI
- advanced characterization techniques
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