Frontiers in Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Transformations
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020) | Viewed by 4441
Special Issue Editors
Interests: selective oxidation/reduction; catalyst preparation; supported nanoparticle catalysts, in situ spectroscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
Heterogeneous catalysis has played a crucial role in the development of modern society by facilitating commodities produced from petrochemicals, the upgrading of petroleum for fuel and energy applications, and the production of fertilizers to feed the growing population. In the future, catalysis will play an increasing role in the shift to utilizing renewable energy effectively to make chemicals.
The need to minimize the environmental impacts of producing our chemical commodities is becoming increasingly urgent. There is a great opportunity for heterogeneous catalysis to accelerate the shift towards a circular economy where our chemicals will be produced from sustainable feedstocks, with lower energy demands and with more focus on producing materials that can be easily recycled back into the chemical supply chain.
We invite submissions on a wide range of subjects concerning sustainable chemical transformations, including but not limited to selective oxidation/hydrogenation, novel catalyst preparations, conversions of renewable feedstock, catalysts for clean energy conversion into chemicals and polymer degradation into useful starting materials.
All these research areas will help drive progress in the transition towards a society where we can produce the materials we need in a sustainable manner as we transition towards a chemical industry with greater integration between raw material and final products.
Dr. Simon Freakley
Dr. Simon Kondrat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Sustainable Chemistry
- Bio-Renewable Feedstocks
- Energy
- Circular Economy
- Catalyst Preparation
