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Featured Reviews in Catalytic Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 675

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Dr. Julia A. Valla

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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3222, USA
Interests: fuel processing; sulfur removal; zeolites; refinery operations; biomass conversion to fuels
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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue “Featured Reviews in Catalytic Materials”. Catalysis has a pivotal impact on various aspects of our daily lives, including drug synthesis, fuels and biofuels production, plastics manufacturing, the production of fertilizers and many more. It is estimated that over 90% of chemical products are nowadays manufactured using catalysts. Two of the most notable examples include the Haber–Bosch chemical process, helping feed the world’s population through the production of fertilizers, and the refinery chemical processes, responsible for production of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.

Today, catalysis also plays an essential role in environmental protection and renewable energy conversion, with notable examples being the three-way catalytic converters and the fuel cells, respectively. To secure a sustainable future for our society, there is an ever-growing demand for advanced catalytic materials. Thus, in this Special Issue, we invite you to contribute a review on the progress and advances in catalytic materials that have shaped today’s chemical industry and/or have the potential to make breakthroughs and unravel complex chemical processes that can take our society toward a cleaner, renewable and sustainable future.

Dr. Julia A. Valla
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • heterogenous and homogeneous catalysts
  • zeolites
  • transition metals
  • metal oxides
  • single atom catalysis
  • computa-tional catalysis

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Progress Made in Non-Metallic-Doped Materials for Electrocatalytic Reduction in Ammonia Production
by Gerald D. S. Quoie Jr, Mingshuo Jiao, Krisztina Lászlód and Ying Wang
Materials 2024, 17(10), 2419; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102419 - 17 May 2024
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The electrocatalytic production of ammonia has garnered considerable interest as a potentially sustainable technology for ammonia synthesis. Recently, non-metallic-doped materials have emerged as promising electrochemical catalysts for this purpose. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the latest research on non-metallic-doped materials for [...] Read more.
The electrocatalytic production of ammonia has garnered considerable interest as a potentially sustainable technology for ammonia synthesis. Recently, non-metallic-doped materials have emerged as promising electrochemical catalysts for this purpose. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the latest research on non-metallic-doped materials for electrocatalytic ammonia production. Researchers have engineered a variety of materials, doped with non-metals such as nitrogen (N), boron (B), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S), into different forms and structures to enhance their electrocatalytic activity and selectivity. A comparison among different non-metallic dopants reveals their distinct effects on the electrocatalytic performance for ammonia production. For instance, N-doping has shown enhanced activity owing to the introduction of nitrogen vacancies (NVs) and improved charge transfer kinetics. B-doping has demonstrated improved selectivity and stability, which is attributed to the formation of active sites and the suppression of competing reactions. P-doping has exhibited increased ammonia generation rates and Faradaic efficiencies, likely due to the modification of the electronic structure and surface properties. S-doping has shown potential for enhancing electrocatalytic performance, although further investigations are needed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. These comparisons provide valuable insights for researchers to conduct in-depth studies focusing on specific non-metallic dopants, exploring their unique properties, and optimizing their performance for electrocatalytic ammonia production. However, we consider it a priority to provide insight into the recent progress made in non-metal-doped materials and their potential for enabling long-term and efficient electrochemical ammonia production. Additionally, this paper discusses the synthetic procedures used to produce non-metal-doped materials and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each method. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the electrochemical performance of these materials, including their Faradaic efficiencies, ammonia yield rate, and selectivity. It examines the challenges and prospects of developing non-metallic-doped materials for electrocatalytic ammonia production and suggests future research directions. Full article
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