Advanced Understanding of Metal-Based Catalysts
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 November 2025 | Viewed by 1233
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; in situ spectroscopy; infrared; Raman; XPS; near ambient XPS (NAP-XPS) spectroscopy; metal nanoparticles; metal cluster
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Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; chemical kinetics; operando spectroscopy; reaction mechanism; metal catalysts
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal-based catalysts plays a key role in many catalytic processes; however, the lack of fundamental understanding of catalytic active sites combined with the dynamic behavior of catalysts under reaction conditions and the complexity of many catalytic systems greatly limits the deployment of new emerging production processes. The emergence of advanced spectroscopic tools, kinetic approaches and DFT predictive models has allowed for a better understanding of catalytic systems, opening a range of new research opportunities during recent years.
This Special Issue has the objective of encompassing relevant studies in the field of catalysis, with particular emphasis on metal-based catalysts and a fundamental understanding of active sites and reaction mechanisms. The goal is to promote current knowledge about metal-based catalysts and new tools that can contribute to a better understanding of actual catalytic processes, promoting the design and development of new catalytic systems.
Potential topics in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Optimized catalyst design;
- In situ or operando spectroscopy;
- Catalyst restructuration and dynamic behavior;
- Industry-relevant catalytic processes;
- DFT and predictive models;
- Kinetic studies and modeling.
Dr. Patricia Concepción Heydorn
Dr. Daviel Gómez Acosta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalysis
- metal-based catalysts
- spectroscopy
- DFT
- modeling
- kinetics
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