Molecularly Defined Catalyst: Synthesis, Characterization, and Mechanism
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2021) | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multiscale modeling and simulation of materials; atomistic and mesoscale simulations of metallic alloys for additive manufacturing; surface engineering and catalysis; materials for electronic and thermo-electric devices; materials for solar-electricity & solar-fuel conversion processes; proton transport membranes; Sorbent materials; hydrogen storage materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The structural inhomogeneity of heterogeneous catalysts often makes it challenging to develop rigorous synthesis–structure–activity relationships in catalysts, because it would not be easy to define catalytic active sites where multiple surface sites are irregularly present. Recent advances in the heterogeneous catalyst field have contributed to overcoming this limitation by adapting/combining knowledge from multidisciplinary fields. For example, structurally (and/or molecularly) well-defined materials often serve as the catalyst itself or as a catalyst support, offering structurally periodic active sites. In addition, molecularly or atomically precise synthesis techniques allow us to deposit active sites with an accurate control even on poorly ordered catalyst supports. Molecularly well-defined catalysts synthesized via these and/or any other approaches contribute to a better understanding of surface phenomena by providing synthesis–structure relationships due to the unambiguous active sites structure, and offer mechanistic insights during chemical reactions. This understanding will permit rational improvements to be made to existing heterogeneous catalyst and chemical processes.
This Special Issue focuses on advances in the heterogeneous catalysis field by highlighting research works studying molecularly well-defined catalysts, how they provide insights, and approaches to resolving the issue of inhomogeneous surface structure, as well as developing synthesis–structure–activity relationships for heterogeneous catalysts, and further, determining how they can potentially lead to efficient catalyst design.
Dr. Sol Ahn
Guest Editor
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