Ceria-Based Catalysts, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 July 2025 | Viewed by 57
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Interests: nanoporous materials; XPS; adsorption; heterogeneous catalysis
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Interests: 0–2D nanostructured materials; multi-component oxide systems with controlled porosity and morphology; environmental/energy catalysis; photocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the first successful Special Issue on this topic (available here), we are happy to announce a second edition entitled “Ceria-Based Catalysts, 2nd Edition”.
Cerium oxide plays a key role as an active support and as a catalyst in the relevant environmental applications and energy conversion systems. Additionally, its unique ability to shuttle between the Ce(III) and Ce(IV) oxidation states, hence its oxygen storage capacity (OSC), is particularly valuable in photocatalysis, where cerium-based materials can act as oxygen buffers, promoting oxidative activities. Thus, the development of advanced ceria-based catalysts has become a hot topic of ongoing research, including several applications spanning from advanced gas purification to fuel cells. Special attention has been paid to the synthesis of advanced ceria nanostructures (i.e., nanoparticles, 1D, 2D, 3D or core–shell materials) and to the relationship between structure and catalytic activity. In fact, it has been widely stated that the (photo)catalytic activity of cerium oxide is strongly influenced by its size and crystalline structure. Another critical point on the development of ceria-based photocatalysts is the discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental bandgaps of these materials that, due to rapid electron–hole recombination, strongly limits the overall photocatalytic efficiency.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in the synthesis, characterization and catalytic/photocatalytic applications of cerium-containing catalysts, going beyond the state-of-the art. Researchers are encouraged to submit their most recent advances on this topic.
If you would like to submit papers to this Special Issue or have any questions, please contact the in-house editor, Ms. Rita Lin ([email protected]).
Prof. Dr. Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón
Dr. Elisa Moretti
Guest Editors
Dr. Letizia Liccardo
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- cerium oxide
- ceria
- rare earth
- solid solution
- mixed oxide
- environmental catalysis
- energy conversion and harvesting
- photocatalysis
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