Catalysts (ISSN: 2073-4344) has launched the Section “Photocatalysis” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/sections/photocatalysis). The Section is dedicated to publishing original, novel, and high-impact contributions related to this cross-disciplinary field of photochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, and catalysis, and will attract the interest of chemists, physicists, biochemists, surface and materials scientists, and engineers. Photocatalysts are of great importance since they can be utilized in a large array of research fields, including solar energy conversion, photosensible sensors, wastewater and air treatment, organic as well as inorganic synthesis, and surface science and storage devices.

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

1. “Toward Scaling-Up Photocatalytic Process for Multiphase Environmental Applications”
by Mohamed Gar Alalm et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(5), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11050562
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/5/562

2. “TiO₂ Photocatalysis for the Transformation of Aromatic Water Pollutants into Fuels”
by Osama Al-Madanat et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 317; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030317
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/3/317

3. “Tuning Structural Properties of WO₃ Thin Films for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation”
by Amar Kamal Mohamedkhair et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030381
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/3/381

4. “First-Principles Study of Electronic and Optical Properties of Two-Dimensional WSSe/BSe van der Waals Heterostructure with High Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency”
by Zhengyang Zhu et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(8), 991; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11080991
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/8/991

5. “Application of TiO₂-Based Photocatalysts to Antibiotics Degradation: Cases of Sulfamethoxazole, Trimethoprim and Ciprofloxacin”
by Anastasiya Kutuzova et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(6), 728; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11060728
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/6/728

6. “Green Synthesis of Flower-Shaped Copper Oxide and Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles via Capparis decidua Leaf Extract for Synergic Adsorption-Photocatalytic Degradation of Pesticides”
by Amna Iqbal et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(7), 806; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11070806
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/7/806

7. “Metal Oxide-Based Photocatalytic Paper: A Green Alternative for Environmental Remediation”
by Daniela Nunes et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(4), 504; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040504
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/4/504

8. “TiO₂-Graphene Quantum Dots Nanocomposites for Photocatalysis in Energy and Biomedical Applications”
by Anuja Bokare et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 319; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030319
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/10/3/319

9. “Review on the Visible Light Photocatalysis for the Decomposition of Ciprofloxacin, Norfloxacin, Tetracyclines, and Sulfonamides Antibiotics in Wastewater”
by Samar Shurbaji et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(4), 437; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040437
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/4/437

10. “Effective Strategies, Mechanisms, and Photocatalytic Efficiency of Semiconductor Nanomaterials Incorporating rGO for Environmental Contaminant Degradation”
by Noor Haida Mohd Kaus et al.
Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030302
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/3/302

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. Abigail Zhao ([email protected]).