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Catalysis for Hydrogen Storage and Release
edited by , and Valentina Naticchioni
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14725 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen; fuel cell; water splitting; MOF; LHOC; biofuel; reforming; hydrogasification; metal hydrides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Catalysis)
Advanced Catalysis for Energy and a Sustainable Environment submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13484 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable energy; environmental remediation; advanced catalytic materials; biomass conversion; CO2 conversion; wastewater treatment; catalyst sustainability (durability/recyclability)
Catalytic Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8814 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalytic combustion; VOCs; noble metals; transition metal oxides; catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Tailored Nanosystems and Nanocatalysts for Photo-/Electrocatalytic Applications, 3rd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2670 | Submission Open
Keywords: photo-/electrochemistry; water splitting; fuel cell; nitrogen reduction reaction; CO2 reduction reaction; photocatalytic degradation; gas sensor; nanomaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Integrated Catalytic Strategies for Water Remediation and Renewable Energy Production: From Novel Mechanisms to Practical Concepts submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalyst; membrane; renewable energy; fuel cell; membrane; biocatalyst; wastewater
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Biochar-Based Materials Applied in Advanced and Sustainable (Photo)Catalysis Processes
edited by Jelena Beljin and
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; (photo)catalysis; sustainability; environmental protection; advanced oxidation technology; nanomaterials; organic pollutants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomass Catalysis)
Smart Catalysis: Evolution, Present State and Future Horizons
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecology design; smart catalysts; evolution; future horizons
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Catalytic Materials in Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalytic wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation; single-atom catalysts; MOFs; persulfate activation; resource recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Catalysis: The Key to Valorizing Crude Glycerol submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4027 | Submission Open
Keywords: crude glycerol; biodiesel production; sustainable catalytic processes; purification methodologies; effective glycerol usage; catalytic esterification; catalytic etherification; catalytic acetalization; catalytic oxidation; deep eutectic solvents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis for Sustainable Energy)
Recent Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment
edited by Qunpeng Cheng and Cuixia Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3423 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater; catalyst; bioenergy; pollutant; treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Sustainable Catalysis in Fine Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biomass Valorization submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4382 | Submission Open
Keywords: acid catalysts; biomass valorization; pharmaceuticals; heteropolyacids; sulphonated solids; zeolites; fine chemicals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomass Catalysis)
Advances in Electrocatalytic Materials for Hydrogen Energy Technologies
edited by Milica Marčeta, and Vladimir Nikolić
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6209 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrocatalysis; hydrogen energy; fuel cells; water electrolysis; reforming catalysts ORR; HER; OER; non-noble metal catalysts; catalyst and catalyst support stability and durability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrocatalysis)
Catalytic Materials in Electrochemical and Fuel Cells
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4765 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR); oxygen evolution reaction (OER); hydrogen evolution reaction (HER); carbon-based materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrocatalysis)
From Catalyst Design to Sustainable Catalytic Processes: Advances in Reactor Engineering submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3123 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalysis; catalytic reactor engineering; food engineering; chemical engineering; biochemical engineering; multiscale-based modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Reaction Engineering)
Advances in Enzyme Engineering and Application for Industrial Biocatalysis
edited by Katja S. Johansen and Kristian B.R.M. Krogh
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2955 | Submission Open
Keywords: enzyme discovery; process optimization; screening assays; enzyme resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biocatalysis)
Recent Advances in Photo/Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
edited by Zhi Zhu
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2818 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; photo/electrocatalysis; CO2 reduction; carbon neutrality; catalyst design; reaction mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Plasma Catalysis for Environmental Pollution Remediation
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2101 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-thermal plasma; plasma catalysis; catalyst design; environmental remediation; advanced oxidation processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Heterogeneous Catalysis for CO2 Purification and Capture
edited by Enrique José Sanchis and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; heterogeneous catalysis; chemical looping; sorption-enhanced processes; phase-change solvents; catalytic materials; process integration and scale-up
Photo(electro)catalysis for Energy and Chemical Conversion
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; solar-to-chemical energy conversion; CO2 reduction; water splitting; sustainable catalysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photocatalysis)
Catalytic Mechanisms of Nanomaterials in Energy and Environmental Applications submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotubes; nanostructured materials; hybrid nanomaterials; quantum dots; metal nanoparticles; inorganic nanomaterials; organic nanomaterials; nanowires; nanocarbon; graphene; catalysis; energy conversion and storage; nanotechnology; novel synthesis; sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Catalysis in Polymerizations
edited by and Salvatore Impemba
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 836 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterogeneous catalyst; homogeneous catalyst; polymer; olefin; cyclic ester; ring-opening polymerization; metathesis polymerization; radical polymerization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
Catalysts and Plastics: From Degradation to Functional Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 452 | Submission Open
Keywords: plastic degradation; chemical recycling; catalysis design; high-value products synthesis; tandem catalysis; catalysis mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Advanced Carbon-Based Catalytic Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
edited by Caiwei Wang
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon-based materials; energy storage; energy conversion; catalysis; batteries; supercapacitors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Catalysis)
Nanomaterials as Catalysts for Water Remediation
edited by , and Hernán Darío Traid
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanotechnology; novel preparation of nanoparticles; catalytic and photocatalytic treatment of water
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Photocatalytic Degradation
edited by Jaspal Singh, Meenal Kataria and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalysis; nanohybrids; environmental remediation; energy production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photocatalysis)
Feature Review Papers on Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry
edited by , and Mingyuan Li
submission deadline 5 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4844 | Submission Open
Keywords: homogeneous catalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; organocatalysis; biocatalysis; fine chemicals synthesis; polymerization; asymmetric synthesis; mechanistic studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
Advanced Catalysis in Water Purification: Organics and Heavy Metals Removal
edited by Xiaoliang Li and Yajun Ji
submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3969 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced oxidation process; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; water purification; organic pollutant; heavy metal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Surface and Interface Engineering of Catalyst Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Conversion
edited by and Huajie Huang
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8501 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrocatalysts; low-dimension materials; heterostructures; controllable synthesis; water splitting; fuel cells; metal– air batteries
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrocatalysis)
Synthetic Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open
Keywords: coordination chemistry; organometallic chemistry; ligand design; catalyst design; inorganic; organic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
Advances in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Biomass Valorization
edited by , Ilaria Barlocco and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; biomass valorization; biofuels; value-added products; catalytic processes; biomass-based technologies; renewable feedstocks; green chemistry; catalyst design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomass Catalysis)
Catalysts for Sustainable Biomass Conversion: Enzymatic and Chemical Approaches
edited by , and Navadol Laosiripojana
submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: biocatalyst; chemical catalyst; biomass valorization; synthetic biology; enzyme engineering; green chemistry; bio-circular green economy; net zero; sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biocatalysis)
Nanocatalysts for the Degradation of Refractory Pollutants, 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5821 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental catalysis; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); photocatalysis; nanomaterial; nanotechnology; water treatment; environmental remediation; catalyst characterization; VOC degradation; emerging contaminants; non-biodegradable organic contaminants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Novel Catalytic Techniques for Reducing Organic Pollutants
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel design catalysts; organic pollutants; degradation; modified catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Catalysis Accelerating Energy and Environmental Sustainability
edited by Jinxing Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 26 articles | Viewed by 37940 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy conversion; environmental sustainability; electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; green chemistry; earth-abundant catalysts; catalyst durability and regeneration; low-emission processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Enzyme Engineering—the Core of Biocatalysis
edited by Xi Chen and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19928 | Submission Open
Keywords: enzyme engineering; biocatalysis; directed evolution; rational design; enzyme modification; industrial applications; catalytic efficiency; sustainable technologies; renewable chemicals; green chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biocatalysis)
Catalytic Biomass Conversions into Fuels and Materials—Sustainable Technologies and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19649 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass conversion; catalysis; integrated bio-catalysis; bio fuels; bio-materials; platform molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomass Catalysis)
Enzymatic and Chemoenzymatic Cascade Reactions
edited by and Florian Tieves
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 16707 | Submission Open
Keywords: cascade reactions; chemo-enzymatic reactions; biocatalysis; biotransformation; multistep tandem reactions; one-pot synthesis; sustainable chemistry; reaction optimization; enzyme engineering; enzyme compatibility; organic synthesis; functionalization of small molecules
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biocatalysis)
Catalytic Technologies for Solid Waste Management, Utilization, and Sustainability
edited by Xuefei Chen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6455 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid waste; catalytic pyrolysis; gasification catalysts; hydrothermal liquefaction; waste-to-energy conversion; catalyst design; hazardous waste treatment; resource recovery; sustainable waste management; catalytic oxidation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Heterogeneous Catalysis in China: New Horizons and Recent Advances
edited by , Botao Qiao and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5871 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; catalyst design; CO2 conversion; single-atom catalysts; environmental catalysis; AI-guided catalyst discovery; sustainable energy technologies; industrial decarbonization; in situ characterization; mechanism research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Asymmetric Catalysis: Recent Progress and Future Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5702 | Submission Open
Keywords: chiral catalysts; chiral ligands; enantioselectivity; asymmetric organocatalysis; enantioselective industrial processes; asymmetric metal catalysis; asymmetric phase-transfer catalysis; enantioselective enzyme-catalyzed reactions; kinetic resolution; supported chiral catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials for Catalytic Applications, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5665 | Submission Open
Keywords: microporous materials; mesoporous materials; catalysts; synthesis; catalysis; characterization; chemicals; fuels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Advanced Semiconductor Photocatalysts
edited by , , and Deqian Zeng
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5195 | Submission Open
Keywords: semiconductors; photocatalytic reaction; nanomaterials; heavy metals; radioactive ions; wastewater; dyes; inorganic and organic pollutants; biological activities and photocatalytic mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photocatalysis)
Integrating Pyrolysis with Catalysis: A Pathway to Sustainable Chemicals
edited by Soheil Valizadeh and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4866 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalytic pyrolysis; biomass valorization; plastic waste; hierarchical zeolites; sustainable chemicals; value-added chemicals; renewable fuels; bio-oil upgrading; waste-to-chemicals; lignocellulosic biomass; unconventional fossil fuels; oil shale; shale oil; oil sands; heavy oil; coal-to-liquid; mesoporous catalysts; green chemistry
Recent Developments in Asymmetric Organocatalysis
edited by and Kendall N. Houk
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3742 | Submission Open
Keywords: asymmetric organocatalysis; H bonding; green chemistry; halogen bonding; ion pairs; mode of activation; organic synthesis; polyfunctional catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
Catalytic Processes for Environmental Remediation and Resource Recycling
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3336 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel/green catalysts; single-atom catalysts; clusters; biochar-based or multi-metal-based catalysts; discovery of new catalytic mechanisms; optimization of catalytic processes for practical applications; application of artificial intelligence in catalytic processes; carbon capture and utilization; environmental remediation; resource recycling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Catalysis)
Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Environmental Purification, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2998 | Submission Open
Keywords: photocatalytic nanomaterials; photocatalysis; air purification; VOC degradation; wastewater treatment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Photocatalysis)
Design and Application of Combined Catalysis, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2416 | Submission Open
Keywords: combined catalysis; design; mechanism; application
Catalysis for Solid Waste Upcycling: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by , Kai Li and Junyan Zhang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2093 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid waste; biomass; catalytic conversion; value-added utilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomass Catalysis)
Advances in the Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Materials and Biomass to Sustainable Products and Energy
edited by and Lingzhao Kong
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1897 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalysis; biomass conversion; renewable materials; sustainable energy; green chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; process intensification; lignocellulosic biomass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalysis for Sustainable Energy)
Recent Advances in Energy-Related Materials in Catalysts, 3rd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrocatalysts; synthesis; electro-oxidation of fuels; fuel cells; batteries; electrocatalysis; oxygen reduction and evolution; hydrogen evolution; carbon monoxide oxidation; carbon dioxide conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
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