Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Environmental Catalysis

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental pollution, like water and air pollution, is a wide-spreading issue impacting all living beings. Different technologies are being suggested to mitigate the impact of the anthropogenic activities, like electrocatalysis, photocatalysis and enzymatic catalysis. These technologies can be used to remove efficiently the contaminants from water and air sources as a result of the ongoing progress in nanotechnology in the development of organic-inorganic nano-structured hybrid catalysts. In the last years a huge advancement has been observed in the design of hybrid materials with different surface morphologies (like shape, size, and porosity) and enhanced metal-metal, metal-organic, and metal-support interactions for catalytic applications. The fine-tuning of the physicochemical properties impacts the overall performance (activity, selectivity, and stability) of the catalyst and intrinsically in its’ cost-efficiency, enhancing the possibility to apply these three technologies in the large-scale processes.

This Special Issue welcomes papers presenting the development of advanced synthesis approaches, new enzymatic, electro- and photo- catalysts, preferentially eco-friendly and cost-efficient, and fundamental understanding of structure-activity relationships and catalyst-pollutant interactions for the catalytic removal of environmental pollutants.

Dr. Mirtha Lourenço
Dr. Adriano Sacco
Dr. Juqin Zeng
Guest Editors

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