Fundamentals and Applications of Photo-Thermal Catalysis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Photochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2022) | Viewed by 383
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis; green chemistry; energy and environmental applications; fine chemicals; petrochemistry; porous and 2D materials; metal nanoparticles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, photo-thermal catalysis has attracted a great deal of interest as a potential route to drive chemical reactions using sunlight as an energy source. Thanks to the synergistic combination of the thermal and non-thermal contributions of light, photo-thermal catalysis is able to overcome the inherent limitations of traditional photocatalysis (i.e., low efficiency and poor selectivity patterns) and represents a promising approach to produce solar fuels and/or chemicals. Nevertheless, most of the photo-thermal systems described so far do not provide a proper assessment of the dominating reaction mechanism (i.e., thermal and/or non-thermal). Furthermore, most studies are based on batch-type reactors, which are far from any practical application. Overall, these shortcomings still hamper a wide implementation of this strategy.
In this Special Issue, we encourage investigators to contribute original research papers focusing on new materials displaying photo-thermal activity and their potential application for the production of fuels or chemicals, with a particular interest in the valorization of CO2 or the activation of N2. We also invite researchers to submit fundamental works or literature reviews on plasmonics, nanoscale thermometry or related disciplines that can give insight into the different operating reaction mechanisms in photo-thermal systems. In closing, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide a general outlook of the field of photo-thermal catalysis, paying special attention to the up-to-date advances and the challenges ahead.
Prof. Dr. Sergio Navalon
Dr. Diego Mateo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photo-thermal catalysis
- plasmonics
- solar fuels
- CO2 conversion
- N2 reduction
- water evaporation
- nanoscale thermometry
