Metal-Based Nanocatalysts: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
A Special Issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991) belonging to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2027 | Viewed by 86
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal-based nanocatalysts are fundamental to modern catalysis due to their unique physicochemical properties, tunable surface structures, high catalytic activity, and broad applicability in energy, environmental, and chemical transformation processes. By precisely controlling particle size, morphology, composition, support interaction, and electronic structure, metal-based nanocatalysts offer unprecedented opportunities to enhance reaction efficiency, selectivity, and stability under mild and sustainable conditions.
This Special Issue, “Metal-Based Nanocatalysts: Synthesis, Properties and Applications”, aims to present recent advances in the rational design, controlled synthesis, structural characterization, property regulation, and practical applications of metal-based nanocatalytic materials. We welcome original research articles, communications, and review papers focusing on, but not limited to, noble metal nanocatalysts, transition metal catalysts, alloy and bimetallic nanostructures, single-atom catalysts, metal oxides, metal–organic framework-derived catalysts, and supported or hybrid catalytic systems.
Topics of interest include innovative synthetic strategies, structure–activity relationships, surface and interface engineering, catalytic mechanisms, in situ/operando characterization, theoretical modeling, and applications in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, thermocatalysis, biomass conversion, CO2 reduction, hydrogen production, fuel cells, pollutant degradation, and fine chemical synthesis. Contributions addressing catalyst stability, recyclability, scalability, and green synthesis are particularly encouraged.
As the Guest Editor, I hope this Special Issue will bring together cutting-edge research from scientists working in materials chemistry, nanotechnology, catalysis, energy conversion, and environmental science. Through this collection, we aim to deepen the understanding of metal-based nanocatalysts and promote their development toward efficient, sustainable, and industrially relevant catalytic processes.
We invite researchers from across the world to submit their latest findings and perspectives to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Haiyan Jin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal-based nanocatalysts
- nanocatalysis
- controlled synthesis
- catalytic properties
- sustainable catalysis
- energy catalysis and conversion
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