State of the Art in Environmentally Friendly Catalyst

Dear Colleagues,

Today, green and sustainable chemistry can guarantee the availability of fine chemicals to mankind while causing no harm to the environment. The application of environmentally friendly catalysts can lead to the achievement of the main aims of green chemistry; for example, the catalytic elimination of environmental pollutants (e.g., volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and soot) emitted by the chemical or automotive industry can improve atmospheric conditions.

This Special Issue is focused on the presentation of novel and original research papers, reviews, or commentaries that describe the newest achievements in the preparation and characterization of environmentally friendly catalysts. All aspects of the preparation, characterization, activation, deactivation, and regeneration of catalysts should be thoroughly characterized before and after their performance in catalytic studies. Submissions in this Issue will be welcome especially (but not exclusively) in the following fields:

• The synthesis of catalysts according to green chemistry rules;
• Photocatalysis in the production of clean energy;
• Hydrogen generation via catalytic fuel processing;
• Low-temperature oxidation processes;
• New catalytic routes and processes for the production of clean energy;
• The catalytic conversion of wastes to useful products;
• The elimination of toxic chemicals;
• The catalytic transformation of biomass.

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• green chemistry
• catalyst characterization
• environmental catalysis
• photocatalysis
• clean energy
• catalytic elimination of environmental pollutants
• biomass transformation
• fine chemical production
• catalytic combustion technologies
• electrocatalysis for fuel cells