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Synthesis and Application of Environmental Functional Materials

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2024 | Viewed by 1108

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College of Life Science, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Street, Taizhou 318000, China
Interests: environmental functional materials; water treatment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The phrase “environmental functional materials” refers primarily to new materials with unique physical, chemical, and biological properties and excellent environmental purification effects. These materials can play important roles in classic manufacturing, and help to provide humans with new environmental production. Environmental functional materials can be divided into adsorption materials, catalytic materials, stabilization materials, and disinfection materials according to their functionality, which plays an important role in environmental purification, environmental restoration, and the restoration of ecological and environmental health.

This Special Issue primarily focuses on the synthesis of environmentally functional materials, and so on, and the application of environmentally functional materials in removing environmental pollution and improving environmental sanitation. The primary methods of producing this are electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, oxidation catalysis and biocatalysis. We welcome original articles, systematic reviews, short communications, and other types of articles on related topics. All manuscripts will follow standard journal peer-review practices, and those accepted for publication will appear in the Special Issue entitled “The Synthesis and Application of Environmental Functional Materials.” We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Xiaohuan Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • environmental functional materials
  • adsorption materials
  • catalytic materials
  • electrocatalysis
  • photocatalysis
  • carbon materials

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Effect of Yttrium on Ce/Ni-Metakaolin Catalysts for CO2 Methanation
by Yuyi Wang, Quan Ye, Xinyu Xu, Abdelghaffar S. Dhmees and Xuemin Cui
Molecules 2023, 28(20), 7079; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28207079 - 13 Oct 2023
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In recent years, major economies have implemented carbon reduction and carbon neutrality policies. Furthermore, with advancements in science and technology, carbon dioxide (CO2) is now considered a valuable raw material for producing carbon-based fuels through hydrogenation. Various concentrations of yttrium (referred [...] Read more.
In recent years, major economies have implemented carbon reduction and carbon neutrality policies. Furthermore, with advancements in science and technology, carbon dioxide (CO2) is now considered a valuable raw material for producing carbon-based fuels through hydrogenation. Various concentrations of yttrium (referred to as Y hereafter) were introduced to assess their influence on the catalytic performance of CO2 methanation. At a temperature of 300 °C, the catalyst exhibited an impressive CO2 conversion rate of 78.4% and maintained remarkable stability throughout a rigorous 100 h stability assessment. The findings suggest that the inclusion of yttrium (Y) promotes the formation of oxygen vacancies and alkaline sites on the catalyst. This, in turn, enhances the reducibility of nickel species, improves the dispersion of nickel particles, and plays a pivotal role in enhancing thermal stability. Furthermore, it offers an innovative design approach for creating highly efficient composite CO2 methanation catalysts by controlling particle size and harnessing synergistic catalytic effects at the metal/support interface. Full article
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