Carbon Material Catalysts Applied in Green Chemistry

Dear Colleagues,

The main principles of green chemistry emphasize how important it is to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources, especially in the chemical market. As a result, is crucial to find more “green” strategies in the modern field of renewable energy and environmental science. Catalytic processes, in particular, continue to be foundational pillars that advance the goals of green chemistry. The main advantages of using catalytic processes are lower energy requirements, lower materials dosage (catalytic versus stoichiometric), increased reaction selectivity and rate, better catalyst stability, and easy separation (products and/or catalysts) among others.

Carbon-based materials are most frequently used in these fields. However, there is a need to develop more sustainable methods for the fabrication of functional nanostructured materials starting from cheap natural precursors. Therefore, the synthesis and application of carbon materials have attracted more attention, particularly as application benefits in the context of future energy/chemical industry are becoming recognized.

This Special Issue will focus on the development of carbon materials and their application in green chemistry, such as renewable energy (generation and/or storage), and environmental science (purification and/or remediation).

Submissions of original research articles, short communications, case studies, and review articles covering the following topics are encouraged:

• (Photo)catalysis for water remediation;
• (Photo)catalysis for renewable feedstocks;
• (Photo)catalysis for biomass transformation.

Dr. Iwona Kuzniarska-Biernacka
Guest Editor

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