This Special Issue from Materials, entitled “Catalytic Applications for Oxidized Carbon Materials”, aims to publish original papers on new scientific and applied research, providing great contributions to the understanding of oxidized carbon materials and related synthesis, characterization and applications.
The need for sustainable and metal-free catalysis has stimulated research on carbocatalysis to provide a new approach to the study of chemistry.
The possibility of efficiently conducting multiple reactions under solvent- and metal-free conditions, as well as the heterogeneous nature of the catalyst, has greatly stimulated and contributed to its growth.
It has been shown that graphite and graphene oxide are highly efficient and eco-friendly catalysts for many organic reactions [1,2], but other carbon materials need to be further investigated.
Furthermore, the ability of carbon materials to be functionalized represents an important tool for their application: changing functional groups can drive their catalytic activity differently, making them promising materials for a variety of applications in the industry.
Indeed, the ability of graphene oxide and oxidized carbon black to act as both filler and catalyst in nanocomposites was recently reported, mainly regarding thermoset resins [1,3] and rubber hardening [4].
The research interest of this Special Issue “Catalytic Applications for Oxidized Carbon Materials” includes, but is not limited, to the synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of different carbon materials (charcoal, carbon black, nanotubes, graphite), with particular attention to sustainability and reducing the environmental impact from the synthesis of the catalyst to its application.
Funding
Financial support by Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) is acknowledged.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
References
- Acocella, M.R.; Guerra, G. Graphene-Based Carbocatalysts for Thermoset Polymers and for Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Organic Synthesis. ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 2350–2359. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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- Luca, G.; Tadiello, L.; Acocella, M.R.; Maggio, M.; Guerra, G.; Vittore, A. Tyre and Elastomeric Compound for Tyre, Comprising Cross-Linked Phenolic Resins. PCT International Applications WO/2020/121180A1, 18 June 2020. [Google Scholar]
Short Biography of Author
Maria Rosaria Acocella is currently a researcher at the University of Salerno. She received her B.Sc. in 2001 and PhD in 2005 from the University of Salerno. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the same university, studying new homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and their possible application in reactions of synthetic interest, with particular attention to the catalysts with low environmental impacts. Since 2012, her research has concerned green functionalization, characterization and the application of heterogeneous carbon-based catalytic systems. She has published over 58 peer-reviewed articles, including ACS Catalysis, ChemSusChem, ChemCatChem, Carbon and Chemistry of Materials.
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