Recent Advances in Catalytic Materials toward Renewable Energy and the Removal of Environmental Pollutants

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few decades, humans have faced the issues of global warming and climate change. Renewable energy conversion involves catalytic conversion, thermochemical processing, and photocatalytic reactions to convert biomass, waste, and water into hydrogen, fuels, and chemicals. Furthermore, to handle the removal of environmental pollutants, several strategies have also been developed, which broadly include catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, ion exchange, etc. A critical requirement to achieve the required applications is the engineering of novel materials to facilitate the chemical or physical reactions.

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in materials toward renewable energy and the removal of environmental pollutants. It also offers fresh perspectives into the development of new materials, including the fundamental exploration of the synthesis, characterization, and application from the laboratory scale to the industrial scale. Additionally, this Special Issue also encompasses reaction mechanisms, catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, ion exchange, kinetic modeling, thermodynamics, process integration, and optimization. Therefore, it aims to be informative and beneficial for scientists, researchers, engineers, and students working in the field of energy and environment.

Prof. Dr. Chao-Wei Huang
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Chi-Sheng Wu
Dr. Van-Huy Nguyen
Guest Editors

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