Advanced Thin Films, Surface and Interface in Photocatalytic Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photocatalysis is currently one of the most rapidly developing disciplines, involving the degradation of environmental pollutants, chemical synthesis, hydrogen evolution, carbon dioxide reduction, and many other catalytic fields. The core focus of photocatalytic technology research is on the development of new, efficient, stable, and sustainable photocatalytic materials and their reaction mechanisms. The efficiency of photocatalytic processes is closely related to the absorption of photons by catalytic materials, the excitation and transfer of photo-generated electrons (holes), and the formation efficiency of various free radicals. These above important processes are all based on the surface/interface properties of photocatalytic materials. Therefore, it is extremely important to construct surfaces with high light absorption activity, an efficient separation efficiency of photo generated electrons (holes), and abundant free radicals formation.
Coatings covers coatings, surfaces, and interfaces in the broad sense, and "applied surface science" is included in its main focus scope. The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a platform to share the excellent research results of advanced thin films, surfaces and interfaces in the field of photocatalysis, including the synthesis and construction methods of new surface/interface photocatalytic materials, new photocatalytic applications (including environmental pollutant degradation, chemical synthesis, and green energy), the analysis of surface photocatalytic reaction mechanisms, and the theoretical calculation and analysis of surface photocatalytic processes, which are all welcome.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Construction of new photocatalytic heterojunction surfaces/interfaces (S-type heterojunction, Z-type heterojunction, pn heterojunction, etc.) and their applications;
- Preparation and application of novel photocatalytic thin films and coatings;
- New applications of photocatalytic surfaces/interfaces in the field of photocatalysis;
- In-depth analysis of photocatalytic mechanism occurring around thin films, surfaces, and interfaces;
- Theoretical study and analysis of surface photocatalytic process based on DFT (density functional theory).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Chen Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photocatalysis surface
- heterojunction interface
- advanced photocatalytic thin films and coatings
- new application of photocatalysis
- photocatalytic DFT study
- photoactive coating
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