Photocatalyzed and Electrochemical Processes for a Cleaner Environment
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2024 | Viewed by 4597
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Interests: physical and chemical removal of persistent contaminants using new and innovative biomaterials, biochar, and nanomaterials; lifecycle analysis of the chemical removal of persistent contaminants
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Dear Colleagues,
Around the globe, the natural environment has been deteriorating due to, among other factors, human activities (food, pharmaceutical and fuel production, waste management, travel, communications, etc.). The actions required to remediate such a phenomenon can be classified into two large groups: preventive and corrective. For both of them, photocatalyzed and electrochemical processes emerge as promising alternatives and, therefore, are worthy of being assessed to increase their number of applications. In the context of prevention, these processes allow us, for instance, to conduct selective partial oxidations or reductions under mild temperature and pressure conditions. Such processes can also be applied to correct an environmental problem in air, water and soil. Therefore, this Special Issue, “Photocatalyzed and electrochemical Processes for a Cleaner Environment”, is dedicated to addressing topics related with to the following:
- Development of novel photocatalysts and electrodes;
- Photocatalyzed and electrochemical advanced oxidation processes, i.e., photocatalysis, elctrocatalysis, electro-oxidation, electroperoxonation, electrocoagulation, photo-Fenton, electro-Fenton, and photo-electrocatalysis;
- Reduction processes, i.e., CO2 conversion through photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes;
- Selective photocatalyzed or photo-electrocatalyzed oxidations;
- Fuels production through photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes;
- Integration of photocatalyzed processes with others (adsorption, biological, ozone, electrochemical, and persulfate) for pollutant removal;
- Plasmonic photocatalysis;
- Water splitting;
- Photoelectrochemical cells;
- Photocatalysis–biocatalysis hybrid systems;
- Electrochemical–biological cells;
- Valorization of residues through photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes;
- Life cycle assessment of photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes;
- Scaling-up and optimization of photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes;
- Mechanistic insights and computational studies on photocatalyzed and/or electrochemical processes.
Dr. Reyna Natividad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photocatalysis
- electrocatalysis
- advanced oxidation processes
- photo-fenton
- electro-fenton
- water splitting
- CO2 reduction
- electrochemical cells
- photoelectrochemical cells (PECs)
- photocatalysts development
- plasmonic photocatalysis
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- electrorefinery
- electrocoagulation
- hydrogen production
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