Sustainable Catalysis for Green Chemistry and Energy Transition, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This issue is a continuation of the previous successful Special Issue titled “Sustainable Catalysis for Green Chemistry and Energy Transition”.

Catalysis stands at the forefront of sustainable development, offering transformative solutions in chemistry and energy essential to addressing global environmental challenges. By enabling eco-friendly chemical reactions and advancing renewable energy technologies, catalysis contributes to the achievement of a sustainable future. This field supports green chemistry by reducing waste, enhancing efficiency, and operating under milder conditions, aligning closely with the principles needed for sustainable industry practices. It also plays a pivotal role in the energy transition, where innovative catalytic systems are vital for developing renewable sources such as hydrogen, biofuels, and CO₂ reduction technologies, offering cleaner alternatives to traditional fossil fuels.

This Special Issue highlights a range of catalytic innovations designed to meet sustainability goals, with a focus on key areas such as heterogeneous catalysis for renewable energy, emphasizing materials and processes that support hydrogen evolution, CO₂ conversion, and biofuel production. Another critical focus is photocatalysis and electrocatalysis, driving solar-driven and electrochemical reactions to transform energy storage and conversion processes.

The scope of this issue further encompasses biocatalysis and biomass valorization, with the aim of exploring enzyme-based systems to convert biomass into valuable chemicals and fuels, thus reducing waste and enhancing resource efficiency. Articles will also cover transition metal and organometallic catalysis, with systems designed to operate under mild conditions, to improve selectivity, and to minimize waste, which are crucial for scalable and green processes.

Integrating catalysis within a circular economy framework is also central, emphasizing catalytic recycling and waste valorization to close the loop in chemical processes, reducing environmental impact. Computational catalysis and machine learning represent an exciting frontier, as computational methods and AI are now essential tools in catalyst design, enabling the prediction and optimization of catalytic behavior for more efficient discovery.

By synthesizing research at this intersection, this issue aims to drive advancements in green chemistry and energy, fostering catalytic solutions that support the transition toward a sustainable, low-carbon future.

Prof. Dr. Wajid Zaman
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Akhtar
Guest Editors

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• sustainable catalysis
• green chemistry
• energy transition
• heterogeneous catalysis
• renewable energy
• hydrogen evolution
• CO₂ conversion
• biofuels
• photocatalysis
• electrocatalysis
• biocatalysts
• biomass valorization
• transition metal catalysis
• organometallic catalysis
• circular economy
• catalytic recycling
• computational catalysis
• machine learning
• catalyst design
• low-carbon future

• Sustainable Catalysis for Green Chemistry and Energy Transition in Catalysts (16 articles)