Multifunctional Water Valorization: From Strategies to Mechanisms

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Water is fundamental to life, industry, and the sustainable development of our planet. Moving beyond conventional treatment, the concept of water valorization seeks to maximize the utility and value of water resources—whether through purification for safe use, recovery of embedded resources, or transformation into energy carriers. This Special Issue invites cutting-edge research on the strategies, materials, and underlying mechanisms that enable these multifunctional outcomes.

We welcome contributions that advance the science and engineering of water valorization across the following themes:

• Advanced treatment and purification of wastewater (e.g., via photocatalysis, adsorption, Fenton-like processes);
• Resource recovery from aqueous streams (water reuse, nutrient/metals recovery);
• Catalytic and photochemical water splitting for green hydrogen production;
• Hybrid and integrated systems coupling water purification with energy conversion;
• Novel materials design (e.g., heterojunctions, functional polymers, engineered catalysts) for water-based applications;
• Mechanistic investigations using advanced in situ characterization, spectroscopy, and computational modeling.

The Issue aims to foster dialog between the environmental technology and energy science communities, highlighting innovations that address both water security and clean energy challenges.

Dr. Haiying Jiang
Dr. Ying Zhang
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
AppliedChem appliedchem	-	2.9	2021	20.9 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Catalysts catalysts	4.0	7.6	2011	15.9 Days	CHF 2200	Submit
Chemistry chemistry	2.4	3.9	2019	15 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Clean Technologies cleantechnol	4.7	8.3	2019	20 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Water water	3.0	6.0	2009	18.9 Days	CHF 2600	Submit

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