Dear Colleagues,

With the global population steadily increasing each year and our reliance on non-renewable resources, particularly fossil fuels, persisting, the pursuit of chemical production guided by principles such as energy conservation, emission reduction, and environmental protection remains a paramount theme in sustainable social development. Catalytic reactions, constituting nearly 85% of various processes, play a pivotal role in achieving these goals. Their crucial functions include enhancing production conversion rates, reducing activation energy barriers in reactions, and minimizing the generation of industrial waste. Within the catalysis process, metal nanoparticles emerge as key players, significantly enhancing catalytic activity and selectivity and reducing reaction time. Heterogeneous catalysts, primarily based on noble metals, alloys, and their atomically dispersed forms, dominate the landscape. As such, the development of high-efficiency catalysts is essential to mitigate the scarcity and high costs associated with these noble metallic species. Understanding the catalytic process, where the interaction between the surface of nanoparticles and substrates dictates reaction rates and target product outcomes, is imperative. This necessitates the use of advanced characterization methods and equipment, such as in situ characterization, to monitor the morphology and catalytic active sites of the catalysts and optimize these catalytic processes.

In light of these considerations, this Special Issue, entitled "Advanced Nanoparticles: New Perspectives in Catalysis”, seeks to explore the influence of nanoparticles on catalytic reactions and the overarching strategies for optimizing catalytic processes. Additionally, we welcome contributions that delve into advanced characterization and simulation methods as indispensable tools in this field.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design and synthesis of catalysts;
• Methods for nanoparticle characterization;
• Optimization of parameters during the catalytic process;
• In situ characterization (SEM, TEM, XRD, optical microscopy, AFM, Raman, etc.) of catalytic reactions;
• Simulations of catalysis mechanisms;
• Surface and interface chemistry in catalysis;
• Stability and regeneration of catalysts;
• Catalyst applications in energy conversion and storage.

Prof. Dr. Chi He
Dr. Haitao Yu
Guest Editors

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• catalysis
• characterizaion
• catalytic process
• nanoparticles
• in situ
• active site
• energy conversion
• simulation