Advanced Composite and Hybrid Materials for Photocatalytic and Functional Applications
A special issue of Journal of Composites Science (ISSN 2504-477X). This special issue belongs to the section "Composites Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 473
Special Issue Editors
Interests: manufacturing processes of functional coatings; photocatalytic composite materials; visible-light photocatalysis; surface-engineered coatings; oxide heterojunctions; high-entropy alloy coatings; composite and hybrid coatings; sol–gel coatings; PVD/CVD-based coatings; plasma electrolytic oxidation; environmental remediation materials
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Interests: electrochemical processes; surface characterization and materials engineering; environmental electrochemistry and electrocatalysts; corrosion inhibitors and green chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photocatalytic composites, ranging from oxide-based heterostructures to emerging hybrid architectures, offer effective solutions for environmental remediation, sustainable chemical transformations, and energy-related applications under UV and visible-light irradiation. By integrating multiple functional components, composite and hybrid materials enable enhanced light harvesting, improved charge separation, and superior interfacial reactivity compared to single-component photocatalysts.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in high-performance composite and hybrid materials for photocatalysis, with emphasis on material design, fabrication and surface-engineering strategies, and structure, property, and performance relationships. Contributions focusing on visible-light-active systems, multifunctional coatings, and scalable composite architectures are particularly encouraged.
We invite original research articles and review papers addressing advanced composite materials, including photocatalytic coatings, membranes, thin films, and structured catalysts, as well as innovative synthesis and processing approaches.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Burak Dikici
Dr. Rachid Idouhli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photocatalysis
- composite materials
- hybrid materials
- photocatalytic coatings
- TiO2-based composites
- heterojunctions
- MXene composites
- MOF-based materials
- high-entropy alloys
- plasma electrolytic oxidation
- visible-light photocatalysis
- environmental remediation
- water treatment
- sustainable catalysis
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