Nanocatalysis for Green and Sustainable Chemical Processes

Dear Colleagues,

Versatile chemical processes, including photocatalysis, electrochemistry, hydrocarbon conversions, environmental remediation, and chemical synthesis, have significantly secured and driven the rapid development of human society in the last few decades. More recently, green chemistry and engineering, composed of a wide array of environmentally-friendly catalytic processes, have merged as a cohesive field in the scientific community because of the appealing merits of protecting human health and the environment in an economically-beneficial manner. The development and utilization of functionalized nanomaterials, with characteristic crystalline, morphology, structure, and physicochemical properties, further empower heterogeneous catalytic reactions and open up a new avenue to the green chemical processes.

This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and advances the design and functionalization of novel nanostructured metal, nonmetal (carbon) and hybrid materials, characterization, and evaluation of the performances in nanoscaled chemical reactions, as well as promoting mechanistic innovations in heterogeneous catalysis, environmental science, energy storage and conversion, and green chemical production processes.

Prof. Dr. Shaobin Wang
Dr. Xiaoguang Duan
Guest Editors

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• heterogeneous catalysis
• nanomaterials
• adsorption
• nanotechnology
• photocatalysis
• energy
• environment
• chemical production
• fuels
• mechanism