Advanced Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Application
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 520
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of industrialization, energy shortage and environmental pollution have emerged as two serious problems. There is an urgent need to develop new technologies to alleviate the energy and environmental problems facing humanity. Among the various strategies, the emerging photocatalytic technology has attracted the attention of a wide range of researchers and can utilize the generated electrons and holes from the semiconductors excited by inexhaustible sunlight to drive some interesting redox reactions. Clean photocatalytic technology can achieve effective solar energy conversion and storage, as well as environmental remediation by photocatalytic water splitting, H2 production, CO2 reduction, pollutant degradation, and value-added organic transformation. In order to promote the development of photocatalytic technology, this Special Issue aims to present the latest research progress on advanced nanomaterials for photocatalytic applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: photocatalytic H2 production, CO2 reduction, water splitting, pollutant treatment, organic synthesis, and nanomaterials synthesis. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Xiaolei Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photocatalytic H2 production
- photocatalytic CO2 reduction
- photocatalytic water splitting
- photocatalytic pollutant treatment
- photocatalytic organic synthesis
- photocatalytic nanomaterial synthesis
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