Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344) has launched the section “Catalytic Materials” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/sections/catalytic_materials). Catalytic materials exist in several forms and can be prepared using various methods involving different schemes and protocols. They can also be applied in many fields, such as environmental and sustainable catalysis, biomass valorization, renewable fuels production, CO₂ recycling, synthetic chemistry, gas storage/capture, drug delivery, catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical sensing, etc. The present Section on Catalytic Materials aims to advance our understanding of heterogeneous catalysis, offering a comprehensive investigation of physicochemical properties, catalytic application, and the structure–activity relationship.

As they are of open access format, you have free and unlimited access to the full text of all of the articles published in our journal. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2021 below:

• “C-,N- and S-Doped TiO₂ Photocatalysts: A Review”
  by Aleksandra Piątkowska et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 144; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010144
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/1/144

• “Anti-Coking and Anti-Sintering Ni/Al₂O₃ Catalysts in the Dry Reforming of Methane: Recent Progress and Prospects”
  by Xingyuan Gao et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(8), 1003; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11081003
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/8/1003

• “Recent Advances in Metal Catalyst Design for CO₂ Hydroboration to C1 Derivatives”
  by Sylwia Kostera et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010058
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/1/58

• “Porous Silica-Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Catalysts: A Review”
  by Andrea Erigoni et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010079
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/1/79

• “An Overview of the Photocatalytic Water Splitting over Suspended Particles”
  by Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010060
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/1/60

• “The Efficacy of Silver Nitrate (AgNO₃) as a Coating Agent to Protect Paper against High Deteriorating Microbes”
  by Amr Fouda et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030310
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/3/310

• “Expanding the Family of Octahedral Chiral-at-Metal Cobalt(III) Catalysts by Introducing Tertiary Amine Moiety into the Ligand”
  by Tat’yana F. Savel’yeva et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(2), 152; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11020152
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/2/152

• “Catalytic Deactivation of HY Zeolites in the Dehydration of Glycerol to Acrolein”
  by Israel Pala-Rosas et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 360; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030360
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/3/360

• “A Review on Metal Ions Modified TiO₂ for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants”
  by Dafu Jiang et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(9), 1039; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11091039
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/9/1039

• “ZIF-67 Derived MnO₂ Doped Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”
  by Usman Salahuddin et al.
  Catalysts 2021, 11(1), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11010092
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/1/92

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to contact the Section Managing Editor, Ms. Patty Ge ([email protected]).