Dear Colleagues,

Functional materials, including carbon and non-carbon materials, exhibit strong adsorption affinities for a wide range of gaseous pollutants, including CO₂, H₂S, NO, SO₂, VOCs, and volatile heavy metals. The heterogeneous interactions of such pollutants with functional materials may result in strong or weak bindings that can significantly affect the environmental fate of gaseous pollutants and their remediation rates. The underlying physical and chemical phenomena potentially responsible for these heterogeneous interactions of pollutants with functional materials are of great importance.

This Special Issue on “Functional Materials for CO₂ and Hg⁰ removal” mainly aims to stimulate the development of novel functional materials for the removal of gaseous pollutants and to address the following challenges. This Special Issue will include but not be limited to:

• The synthesis and application of carbon and noncarbon materials;
• Novel methods or techniques for synthesizing functional materials;
• Functional materials for the removal of CO₂ and Hg⁰ from flue gas;
• Functional materials for the removal of VOCs, H₂S, NO, SO₂, As, Se, Pb, etc.;
• Adsorptive, thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrochemical removal of gaseous pollutants.

Dr. Dongjing Liu
Guest Editor

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• functional material
• nanomaterial
• carbon capture
• desulfurization
• mercury removal
• flue gas cleaning