Innovative Functional Materials in Photocatalysis, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 3059
Special Issue Editors
Interests: condensed matter physics; functional materials; metal oxides; electro-ceramics; luminescence powders; nanomaterials; structure, optical and electrical characterization; photocatalysis; environmental protection
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Interests: advanced oxidation processes; photocatalytic decomposition; environmental protection; emerging organic pollutants; wastewaters purification; kinetics methods of analysis; analytical chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One hot spot in the research on heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysis is the achievement of high efficiency under visible solar energy using stable, inexpensive, and sustainable photocatalytic materials, such as those made by green chemistry. The progress in this area is expected to make improvements by doping, surface modifications, and band-gap couplings of semiconductors, and by the use of nanotechnology. Hybrid materials made from inorganic semiconductors and conjugated polymers, as well as resin, clay, or zeolite nanocomposites, have emerged as promising new photoactive materials. The processing, characterization, and photocatalytic application of a wide range of differently shaped (powders, ceramics, thin films, membranes, nanomaterials) semiconductor materials of metal oxides, metal chalcogenides, inorganic–organic hybrids with conjugated polymers, and nanocomposites with resin, clay or zeolite, are of interest for this Special Issue.
We especially welcome papers that provide straightforward solutions for environmentally and economically feasible wastewater treatments, antibacterial activity, and clean and sustainable energy production. Papers on innovative functional materials for oxygen/hydrogen production, methane conversion, and natural gas separation are also welcome.
The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics, ranging from the synthesis of semiconductors and their characterization to their specific applications, especially for their use in advanced oxidation processes. Of special interest are advanced semiconductors with better efficiency in degrading water pollutants under visible light.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, metal oxides; metal chalcogenides; composite semiconductors; inorganic–organic hybrids with conjugated polymers; and nanocomposites with resin, clay, or zeolites, and the investigation of these materials in terms of the following:
- Synthesis and characterization;
- Powders, ceramics, thin films, functional membranes, nanomaterials;
- Green chemistry;
- Photocatalysis;
- Antimicrobial activity;
- Environmental protection;
- Energy conversion.
We welcome the submission of full papers, short communications, and reviews.
Please submit your paper, selecting the journal Catalysts and the Special Issue “Innovative Functional Materials in Photocatalysis II” via the MDPI submission system. Please contact the Guest Editors or the journal Editor ([email protected]) if you have any queries. Our papers will be published on a rolling basis; we look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Tamara B. Ivetić
Prof. Dr. Biljana F. Abramovic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal oxides
- metal chalcogenides
- composite semiconductors
- conjugated polymers
- hybrid inorganic–organic materials
- functional membranes
- nanomaterials
- green chemistry
- advanced oxidation processes
- photocatalysis
- antimicrobial activity
- environment protection
- energy conversion