Porous Catalytic Materials for Environmental Purification
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editor
Interests: environmental catalysis; VOCs degradation; CO oxidation; MOFs-based catalytic materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution has become one of the most pressing global issues, requiring innovative solutions for air, water, and soil purification. Porous catalytic materials, with their unique structural and functional properties, have emerged as powerful tools for environmental purification and remediation. These materials, including zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), mesoporous oxides, and porous carbons, etc., exhibit high surface areas, tunable pore structures, and abundant active sites, enabling the efficient adsorption and catalytic degradation of various pollutants, including organic dyes, heavy metals, microplastics, and gaseous pollutants (e.g., NOx, VOCs). This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest developments in research on porous catalytic materials for environmental purification. We invite contributions that address fundamental scientific or practical applications, with a focus on sustainable and cost-effective porous catalytic materials for environmental purification, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Design and synthesis of novel porous catalysts with enhanced activity and stability;
- Mechanistic studies of pollutant degradation and transformation pathways;
- Advanced characterization techniques for understanding structure–activity relationships;
- Multifunctional materials for simultaneous adsorption and catalytic degradation;
- Large-scale applications in wastewater treatment, air purification, and soil remediation.
If you would like to submit papers for publication in this Special Issue or have any questions, please contact the in-house Editor, Mr. Ives Liu (ives.liu@mdpi.com).
Dr. Fukun Bi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porous materials
- catalytic oxidation
- advanced oxidation
- photocatalysis
- VOCs degradation
- CO2 catalytic conversion
- NOx catalytic reduction
- CO oxidation
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