Polymeric Materials for Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Applications
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026 | Viewed by 37
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanoparticles; ring-opening polymerization; hydrogen; biomass; catalysts; water splitting
Interests: nanoparticles; polymers; catalysts; hydrogen; carbon dioxide; biomass
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Interests: photocatalysts; phosphor-based nanomaterials; nanostructured photocatalysts and supports; wastewater treatment; selective oxidation; carbon dioxide
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to bring together a collection of high-quality bibliographies focused on the development of polymeric materials for sustainable catalysis and energy applications. Polymeric materials represent one of the classes of supports that can be used for anchoring and stabilizing metal nanoparticles to obtain heterogeneous catalysts. The development of heterogeneous catalysts has always been a topic of great interest, in particular for industrial applications where they are preferred to homogeneous catalysts as they are easier to recycle. Unlike inorganic supports, polymers can be chemically functionalized to control hydrophobic/hydrophilic and acidity/basicity character, as well as the permeability of certain substrates. Their swelling with appropriate solvents can modulate the access of reactants to the catalyst, thereby improving, for example, the entry of organic compounds over others to direct or enhance the regio- and chemoselectivity of the catalyst system.
The aim is precisely to create a Special Issue that acts as a platform to share current and new knowledge in the field of polymeric materials for sustainable catalysis and energy applications. All studies, both experimental and theoretical, in the form of articles, reviews, and short beginnings, are welcome.
Dr. Salvatore Impemba
Dr. Antonio Buonerba
Dr. Olga Sacco
Dr. Marco Bellini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer
- catalyst
- biomass
- energy
- hydrogen
- nanoparticles
- electrocatalysis
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