Catalytic Gas Exhausts Emission Control

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Catalysts, Catalytic Gas Exhausts Emission Control, will address the main areas of current research in the fields of novel catalyst synthesis, process development/simulation and technology, and issues and challenges related to the exhaust gases emissions control and air pollution remediation.

Exhaust gases from both mobile and stationary applications and industrial facilities largely comprise oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO, CO2, water vapor, partially reacted and unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and particulate material. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), atmospheric concentrations of exhaust and greenhouse gases (GHG), in particular carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, from anthropogenic sources have reached unprecedented levels at least over the past 800,000 years, being largely responsible for air pollution, acidification, global warming, and human diseases. In particular, the increasing worries about the correlation between air quality and human health has boosted, in the last decades, the environmental concerns about exhaust gas emissions control, leading to systematic exploitation of catalytic technologies for the environmental safeguard and remediation.

Therefore, we invite contributions in the form of original research papers, detailed reviews, or mini-reviews in, but not limited to, the specialized fields outlined below:

1. Recent development in current exhaust after-treatment technologies;
2. Development of novel catalytic materials and processes for the VOCs and methane emissions control and abatement;
3. Kinetic studies and reaction modeling for the catalytic exhaust gas abatement;
4. Recent advancement in the use of photocatalysis for environmental remediation;
5. Design and development of electrocatalysts and electrochemical reactors for the abatement of air pollutant;
6. Recent advancement in CO2 capture and utilization technologies based on catalytic, photocatalytic end electrochemical processes;
7. Novel catalysts for the low-temperature CO oxidation reaction;
8. Development of new gas sensors for stationary and mobile applications.

We believe that this Special Issue will provide an excellent platform for researchers to share their newest scientific advancements in the field.

Dr. Alessandra Palella
Dr. Lorenzo Spadaro
Guest Editors

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• exhaust gas emissions control
• catalytic and photocatalytic VOCs abatement
• selective NOx reduction (SCR)
• CO oxidation
• three-way catalysts (TWC)
• diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs)
• gas sensors
• CO2 capture and utilization
• electrochemical air pollution remediation