Photo-Catalyzed 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: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 2918
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multiphase reactions; photocatalytic oxidation processes; photo-assisted CO2 conversion; photo-Fenton; advanced oxidation processes; photo-electrocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Around the globe, the environment has been steeply deteriorating due to, among other factors, several human activities (food, pharmaceutical and fuel production, waste management, travelling, communications, etc.). The actions to remediate such a phenomenon can be classified into two large groups: preventive and corrective. For both of them, however, photocatalyzed processes emerge as a promising alternative and, therefore, are worthy of being assessed in order to increase their applications. In the context of prevention, photocatalysis allows us, for instance, to conduct selective partial oxidations at mild temperature and pressure conditions. Photocatalyzed processes can also be applied to correct an environmental problem in the air and/or water. Therefore, this Special Issue, “Photo-Catalyzed Processes for a Cleaner Environment”, is dedicated to addressing the following topics:
- Photocatalyzed advanced oxidation processes, i.e., photocatalysis, photo-Fenton, and photo-electrocatalysis;
- Photocatalyzed reduction processes, i.e., CO2 photocatalyzed or photo-electrocatalyzed conversion;
- Selective photocatalyzed or photo-electrocatalyzed oxidations;
- Solar fuels;
- Integration of photocatalyzed processes with others (adsorption, biological, ozone, electrochemical, and persulfate) for pollutant removal.
Dr. Reyna Natividad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photocatalyzed CO2 conversion
- photocatalyzed partial oxidations
- photocatalyzed selective oxidations
- photo-Fenton
- advanced photocatalyzed oxidation processes
- photo-electrocatalysis
- photocatalysis
