State-of-the-Art in Carbon Nano-Structured Catalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanostructured Catalysts".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2022) | Viewed by 3364
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon nanostructures; heterogeneous catalysis; energy applications; electro- and photocatalysis; metal nanoparticles; metal oxides
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Interests: Actually I'm working on lithium batteries, looking for new materials which can improve the actual performance of commercial devices. In this context, the use of carbon materials used as support or as the main material has received special attention since their low cost, geopolitical abundance, and environment friendly. On the other hand, I have worked in catalysis using carbon-based materials. Different carbon nanostructures have been decorated with nanoparticles or organic molecules in order to apply them as catalysts in industrial processes, such as reduction of hydrogen, reduction of carbon dioxide, or water splitting.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
After three decades since the discovery of carbon nanotubes, and fifteen years since that of graphene, the level of interest in carbon nanostructures (CNS) has been incessantly increasing, with new, notable members being embraced into the family. The research on, and use of, many types of carbon nanostructures has been subject to rapid developments, largely expanding the scope of utilization of this class of nanomaterials. Catalytic applications are one of the most investigated fields in which CNS have today become ubiquitous elements. Synthetic designs towards precise CNS structures with tailored texture, doping elements and levels, ad hoc surface modification, as well as a combination of CNS with other inorganic nanomaterials, has resulted in the establishment of state-of-the-art catalysts for a wide range of transformations. Remarkable catalytic performances by CNS-based catalysts have been observed for energy related processes, as well as organic reactions through electro-, photo- or conventional catalysis. The aim of this Special Issue, “State-of-the-Art in Carbon Nano-Structured Catalysts”, is to cover the latest progress and development in material synthesis, based on CNS, towards catalytic applications. The issue will not be limited to a specific type of catalytic conversion; rather, it will draw upon the versatility of CNS-based catalysts. Publications on a diversity of catalytic reactions are, therefore, of great interest and welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Michele Melchionna
Dr. María Victoria Bracamonte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Carbon nanostructures
- heterogeneous catalysis
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
- energy
- environment
- organic synthesis
- nanomaterial synthesis
