Nano/Micro-Catalysts for Environmental Remediation and Energy Production

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental pollution threatens human beings and ecological systems, and purifying toxic organic and inorganic pollutants is essential for a safe society and clean environment. Catalytic materials have made outstanding advancements in pollutant elimination as well as green energy production over the past decades. Nano/micro-scale catalysts have high specific surface areas and surface energies, ultimately leading to high catalytic activity. Nanostructured catalysts improve the selectivity of the reactions by allowing reactions to occur at lower temperatures, reducing the occurrence of side reactions, and offering the possibility of material recovery. Therefore, these are widely used in green chemistry, environmental remediation, efficient biomass conversion, renewable energy development, water desalination, and air treatment, among other areas of interest.

This Special Issue has been organized to showcase high-quality research articles, including experimental and theoretical studies, towards developing catalysts for environmental remediation and sustainability. We welcome research on quantum dots (QDs), 2D materials, catalytic thin films, single-atom catalysis, photo-electrocatalysis, piezocatalysis, and their combinations for environmental remediation (water and air treatment). Original research papers, and reviews sharing and discussing the latest developments, conclusions reached so far, and future trends in this field are welcome. We also highly encourage critical reviews and additive manufacturing-based research to enhance the catalytic reactions.

Dr. Sami Rtimi
Guest Editor

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• catalytic materials
• environmental remediation
• (waste)water treatment
• air cleaning
• pollution removal
• microbial inactivation