Photocatalysis: Applications and Design of Hybrid and Multicomponent Materials

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue, “Photocatalysis: Applications and Design of New Hybrid and Multicomponent Materials” for the journal Catalysts (MDPI). Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344; CODEN: CATACJ) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal of catalysts and catalyzed reactions published monthly online by MDPI (5-Year Impact Factor: 3.708).

Topics of Interest:

The Special Issue will be dedicated to highlighting current progress made in computational and experimental methods toward the design of hybrid and multicomponent materials (Ms), essential or promising to increase consumption of renewable energy by enhancing photocatalytic properties in solar-to-chemical energy conversion (H₂ generation via water splitting and CO₂ photoconversion) and organic compound oxidation (sustainable-by-design). The Special Issue will also be dedicated to providing a computational and experimental methodology developed to understand the relationship between structure and properties better to establish its control by proper structure manipulation at the early stage of product design.

Potential topics will include:

• Computational methods, including machine learning and artificial intelligence for virtual design (virtual screening) of hybrid and multicomponent Ms with enhanced photocatalytic properties in solar-to-chemical energy conversion and water/air pollution degradation;
• Multiscale modeling methods for hybrid and multicomponent structure characterization;
• Experimental methods for synthesis of hybrid and multicomponent Ms efficient in utilization of the energy of light (from UV to NIR) via heterogeneous photocatalysis, photoelectrochemical reduction or photocatalytic processes to convert CO₂ into stable, valuable chemicals (fuels or raw materials), and organic compound oxidation;
• The methodology that describes the relationship between the structure of hybrid and multicomponent Ms and their properties under solar light, especially computational models that increase the understanding of the structure–property–function (SPF) relationship of hybrid and multicomponent Ms.

Prof. Dr. Tomasz Puzyn
Dr. Alicja Mikołajczyk
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Catalysts is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• hybrid and multicomponent materials
• renewable energy source
• CO₂ conversion
• pollution degradation
• photocatalyst
• multiscale modeling
• machine learning modeling
• sustainable-by-design