Sustainable Catalytic Systems for Energy and Environment

Dear colleagues,

Scientists are on a continuous quest to discover increasingly active catalytic systems that can be operated under green and energy-efficient conditions; pressing environmental concerns and the high demand for renewable energy call for reasonable, inexpensive, and reliable solutions. Recent research has focused on the modification of catalytic materials to produce large surface areas, tunable structural properties, and easy recyclability. In addition, the resulting catalysts still provide enhanced chemical reactivity with a high yield for toxic chemical conversion, including that of greenhouse gases and heavy metals. As such, enhancing the fundamental understanding of the structure–function relationships of various materials could clearly help the advancement of next-generation catalytic systems.  In addition to studies on the structural and composition influence of catalytic materials, this research topic aims to broadly cover the critical importance of regulating the chemical environments around active catalytic sites using diverse modifiers including organic ligands, polymers, inorganic/semiconducting dopants, and secondary metals.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that seek improvement in the activity and selectivity of novel materials for various catalytic reactions that consider environmental concerns and energy consumption. Furthermore, the topic will also cover catalytic materials for dehydrogenation, hydrogenation, isomerization, dye degradation, coupling reactions, redox reactions, addition, hydrolysis, and condensation, and applications such as alternative fuels, water purification, industrial/marine waste, and greenhouse gas capture/reduction.  

Dr. Chan Young Park
Dr. Jiho Yoo
Guest Editors

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• Greenhouse gas
• Catalyst
• Energy
• Environment
• Recyclability
• Structure-dependent activity
• Chemical conversion
• Industrial/marine waste.