Advances in Metal/Oxide Interfacial Catalysts: Design, Properties, and Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1244
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Industrial heterogeneous-phase catalysts typically consist of a support material that serves as the foundation for catalytically active components. This support not only interacts with the catalyst but also facilitates dispersion, increasing the number and fine-tuning the nature of active sites. Recent advancements in catalyst preparation techniques have enabled the creation of single atoms, clusters, and nanostructures on supported substrates. Metal supported on oxide substrates, or the inverse configuration where oxides are supported on metals (metal–oxide interfacial catalysts), are highly active and selective catalysts and demonstrate great potential for applications, including, but not limited to, clean energy, green chemistry, and the utilization of petrochemical derivatives. These systems exhibit special structural and catalytic properties due to the strong interaction between the oxide and metal phases. Using these systems, researchers have been able to explore fundamental properties of the metal–oxide interfaces, such as composition, structure, and electronic state—which directly influence catalytic performance.
This Special Issue on "Advances in Metal/Oxide Interfacial Catalysts: Design, Properties, and Applications" will comprehensively cover recent advances in this interdisciplinary research field. We invite contributors to submit both experimental and theoretical research aimed at deepening our understanding of the structure, electronic properties, and chemical behavior of metal/oxide interfacial catalysts. This includes studies on both model and powder catalysts.
Research topics to be explored in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Atomic-scale design and characterization of size- and shape-controlled model metal–oxide catalysts;
- Stability and the dynamics of catalysts under reaction condition;
- Use of promoters and organic ligands for the synthesis of functionalized oxide nanoparticles on metal surfaces or the reverse configuration;
- Exploring metal–oxide catalysts for carbon one-molecule (C1) activation chemistry;
- Metal–support interactions in metal–oxide interfacial catalysts.
Dr. Mausumi Mahapatra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oxides
- metal–oxide interface
- catalysts
- active sites
- heterogeneous catalysis
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