Development of Novel Catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue dedicated to advances in catalyst synthesis for the Fischer–Tropsch (FT) reaction. FT converts syngas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen) to hydrocarbons and water. This century old reaction remains a hot research topic and continues to be exploited commercially to produce waxes, lubricants and fuel from natural gas, biomass, coal, landfill gas, and biogas. The latter applications have been spawned by a great awareness and attention to the environment and the contribution of methane to global warming. New catalysts improve the selectivity towards light hydrocarbons and in silico techniques better characterize the micro kinetics to establish a scientific rational to improve catalyst design.

We welcome in this Special Issue both theoretical and experimental original manuscripts that report new research on FT catalysts. FT application, process design and technoeconomics.

Dr. Federico Galli
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Abatzoglou
Prof. Dr. Gregory Patience
Prof. Dr. Ajay K. Dalai
Guest Editors

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