Mineral-Based Composite Catalytic Materials
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 1565
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photocatalysis; CO2 reduction; energy conversion; nano-materials design
Interests: VOCs degradation; flue gas denitrification; catalytic oxidation; nano-materials design
Interests: wastewater treatment; photothermal catalysis; energy conversion; micro-and nano-materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Minerals are widely distributed across nature, and are often used as a support for catalysts due to their special physical–chemical properties. Generally, most minerals used as catalyst supports have a layered structure, which can be roughly divided into kaolinite, smectite, vermiculite, hydromica, fiber rod stone, etc. In this structure, octahedrons and tetrahedrons can form different layered structures with adjustable ratios, resulting in the controlled pore sizes, surface areas and surface groups. Moreover, after acidification, purification, pillar and calcification, minerals will easily allow reactants to diffuse, transfer and absorb, which is favorable for compounding with catalysts and promotes the efficiency of catalytic treatment for heavy metals, organic pollutants and gas molecules. Thus, developing mineral-based catalysts is an important part of green catalytic technology that should be noticed in environment protection, energy conversion and other green chemical fields. This Special Issue is dedicated to collecting original research on environment protection and energy conversion, and original research, reviews and perspective articles are welcome. All the papers should relate to the following topics:
- Synthesis and modification of mineral-based catalysts;
- Catalytic pollutant degradation (including air and water pollution treatment);
- Catalytic water splitting and H2 production;
- Catalytic CO2 reduction;
- Catalytic conversion of biomass.
If you would like to submit papers to this Special Issue or have any questions, please contact the editor, Mr. Ives Liu ([email protected]).
Prof. Dr. Pengwei Huo
Dr. Xin Liu
Dr. Zhi Zhu
Dr. Yunlei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral-based catalysts
- pollutant degradation
- water splitting
- CO2 reduction
- biomass conversion
