Dear Colleagues,

The study of catalysis is an ever-growing filed of science due to the fact that 35% of the world’s GDP is influenced by catalysis, which focuses on the transformation of one precursor to a more important product. The various catalysts studied are biocatalysts (enzymes, microbes), organo-catalysts or transition metal catalysts for various applications in the area medicinal chemistry, textile industry, food, and beverages industry and for energy production. Among the various catalysts, heterogeneous catalysis has gained more prominence due to the fact that it is easily separable, because of which, expensive catalysts can be recovered in a straightforward manner. Additionally, it enables faster, large-scale production and selective product formation. Interestingly, the industrial production of 90% of chemicals (by volume) is assisted by solid heterogeneous catalysts.

The effective use of heterogeneous catalysts witnessed an enhanced efficiency when conventional heterogeneous catalysts were replaced with nanostructured material of the same element, because of the exponential increase in surface area due to the formation of nanoparticles/nanocomposites, which plays a vital role in the interaction of the substrate and the active sites of the catalyst, which in turn leads to the enhanced performance of the catalysts.

Hence, in this Special Issue, we seek original articles/reviews on the preparation and characterization of supported/unsupported metal/metal oxide nanocomposites, and emphasis will be given to the catalytic application of metal/metal oxide nanocomposites. Catalytic applications including but not limited to oxidation, transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrodesulphurization, oxidative dehydrogenation, CO₂ hydrogenation, CO₂ utilization, environmental remediation, photocatalytic degradation, and fuel cells shall be considered for publication in this issue.

On behalf of the Special Issue Co-Editors and myself, we warmly invite the catalyst community to submit their original work or an up-to-date review to this Special Issue, which will provide our readership with a comprehensive overview of many the topics covered by our discipline.

Dr. Aslam Khan
Dr. Syed Farooq Adil
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni
Guest Editors

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• Metal nanoparticles
• Metal oxides
• Characterizations
• Nanocomposites
• Catalytic support
• Nanostructured materials
• Porous materials
• CO₂ utilization
• CO₂ hydrogenation
• Perovskites
• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Homogeneous catalysis
• Environmental remediation
• Photocatalytic degradation