The High-Performance Catalysts Used for CO2 Reduction Reaction, from Principles to Applications
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Computational Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2089
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemistry; photocatalysis; heterogeneous and homogenous catalysis
Interests: designing and selecting of advanced functional catalytic materials with highly activity and stability from theoretical viewpoint, including ORR, OER, HER, NRR, CO2RR catalysts
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The gradual increase in CO2 emissions is an urgent issue, threatening the sustainable development of human civilization. Recently, CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to fuels and feedstocks has arisen as a promising and eco-friendly strategy to close the anthropogenic carbon cycle and store renewable energy.
The generation of reduced valuable carbon chemicals such as carbon monoxide, methane, methanol, formic acid (C+), ethylene, and ethanol (C2+) is highly desirable for both the decrease in CO2 itself and the potential industrial applications of reactants. Recent developments in catalysts have boosted catalytic activities and product selectivities, bringing the CO2RR to practically promising levels. However, determining how to tackle the three challenges of the activity, selectivity, and stability of various catalysts through both theoretical design and experimental synthesis is still challenging.
Therefore, Catalysts is publishing a Special Issue entitled “High-Performance Catalysts Used for CO2 Reduction Reaction, from Principles to Applications”. We are soliciting original high-quality articles and reviews on specific topics that include but are not limited to the following:
- Mechanism of CO2RR on various catalysts, from monocarbon to multicarbon oxygenate and hydrocarbon products;
- State-of-the-art catalysts for CO2RR;
- New descriptors developed with DFT or AIMD methods for CO2RR;
- New characterization methods developed during online determination of intermediates during CO2RR.
Dr. Xueqiang Qi
Dr. Na Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- CO2RR
- catalysts
- mechanism
- DFT
- AIMD
- synthesis
- characterization
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