Synthesis and Application of Nanoscale Heterogeneous Catalysis
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface modification and appliecation of metal nanocatalysts; electrocatalysis and electrosynthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanocatalysts are widely used in a range of important heterogeneous catalytic reactions, such as electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and thermal catalysis. The controllable synthesis of these nanocatalysts is the key to the optimization of catalytic activity. In the past few decades, various methods of synthesizing nanocatalysts (such as colloidal synthesis, impregnation liquid phase reduction, high temperature reduction, photochemical reduction, microwave reduction, etc.) have been developed to prepare high-performance nanocatalysts, but it is still difficult to control the synthesis process used to prepare the catalysts we want. Furthermore, explaining the relationship between the structure/morphology and catalytic activity of the synthesized catalyst is also a key factor in developing high-activity catalyst, but more research is still needed.
Therefore, the present Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to present the current state of the art in the synthesis and application of nanoscale heterogeneous catalysts. The synthesized nanocatalysts include (but are not limited to) noble metal nanocatalysts, non-noble metal nanocatalysts, single-atom catalysts, carbon-based catalysts, etc. Catalytic reactions include (but are not limited to) hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, alcohol oxidation reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, carbon dioxide reduction reaction, nitrate reduction reaction, pollutant degradation, etc. In the present Special Issue, we invite contributions (reviews or research papers) with the aim of providing a balanced overview of the current state-of-the-art advances in this discipline.
Dr. Linfang Lu
Dr. Haiyan Jin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanocatalysts
- heterogeneous catalysis
- electrocatalysis
- hydrogen evolution reaction
- oxygen reduction reaction
- oxygen evolution reaction
- methanol oxidation reaction
- carbon dioxide reduction
- pollutant degradation
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