Coatings as Key Materials in Catalytic Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Catalytic technologies, including photo-catalysis, electro-catalysis, and recently tribo-catalysis, are becoming increasingly important in promoting the conversion of clean energies in nature to chemical energy in important applications such as environmental remediation and production of chemical fuels. For photo-catalysis, catalysts are sometimes fabricated as coatings on large-area substrates to increase the absorption of solar light; for electro-catalysis, coatings are often applied to catalysts to improve their performance, while for tribo-catalysis, coatings on vessel bottoms are able to greatly increase the absorption of mechanical energy by catalysts through creating friction with them. In all these cases, coatings play a vital role in achieving improved catalytic performance. While coatings are well known for their role in material protection, it is predicted that they will receive increasing attention for their critical roles in catalysis. In this Special Issue of Coatings, we plan to publish a series of papers to show those outstanding effects of coatings in catalysis.

Prof. Dr. Wanping Chen
Guest Editor

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