Photocatalysis: Activity of Nanomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

Photocatalytic processes have shown great potential as a low-cost, green-chemical, and sustainable technology able to address energy and environmental issues. Nanosized materials, with their superior features, including structural, optical, as well as size-tunable electronic properties, can endow remarkable catalytic performance and even novel functionalities. This has expanded the photocatalysis frontier from H₂ production and environmental remediation toward novel applications such as photoelectric sensing and photodynamic therapy. Notably, comprehension of processing–structure–property relationships in functional photoactive nanomaterials has been unveiling mechanistic pathways underlying the photocatalytic process. Understanding the nanoscale will drive design and synthesis strategy to tailor photocatalytic and/or optical properties of nanostructured materials, including coupled, capped, sensitized, and organic–inorganic nanocomposite semiconductor systems.

This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in any aspect of nanomaterials in photocatalysis. It collects original research papers, reviews, and commentaries focused on synthesis methods; surface, microstructural, optical, and magnetic features properties; as well as computational studies and reaction mechanisms of nanostructured materials for photocatalytic applications to bring forward the next generation of photocatalytic systems.

Submissions are welcome especially (but not exclusively) in the following areas:

• Nanomaterials design and synthesis;
• Photocatalytic activity;
• Surface and microstructural properties;
• Reaction mechanisms;
• Environmental remediation;
• Processing–structure–property relationships.

Prof. Giuseppina Luciani
Dr. Giuseppe Vitiello
Guest Editors

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