Clay Minerals for Environmental Remediation and Sustainable Energy
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 71
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mineral materials; secondary batteries; crystal structure
Interests: environmental mineral materials; surface processes in mineral systems; treatment of emerging contaminants
Interests: structure and surface/interfacial properties of clay minerals; photo-/electro-catalysis and energy conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of advanced nanomaterials addressing critical challenges in environmental remediation and sustainable energy is a vital research frontier. Clay minerals offer exceptional promise in adsorption, photocatalysis, and energy technologies, owing to their remarkable ion exchange capacity, high surface area, strong sorption affinity, and chemically reactive surfaces. Specifically, their interactions with diverse chemical species enable the efficient removal of pollutants such as heavy metals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. Beyond environmental remediation, these intrinsic properties also make clay minerals attractive for applications in energy conversion and storage devices, including photovoltaic power, hydrogen generation, secondary batteries and supercapacitors.
This Minerals Special Issue, entitled “Clay Minerals for Environmental remediation and Sustainable Energy”, seeks contributions (full papers, reviews, and short communications) that explore these themes. We invite submissions detailing recent advances in clay-based materials science, including but not limited to the following:
- Innovative clay-derived nanocomposites and hybrid materials;
- Development and application of clay-based systems for environmental remediation;
- Clay-based systems for renewable energy conversion and storage.
We look forward to your valuable contributions.
Dr. Ke Wang
Dr. Sijia Sun
Dr. Meng Liu
Guest Editors
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