10th Anniversary of Catalysts—Feature Papers in Photocatalysis
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 132344
Special Issue Editors
2. Laboratory of Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials, Saint-Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya Str. 1, Peterhof, 198504 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Interests: photocatalysis; self-cleaning; super hydrophilic; antibacterial surfaces; metal and semiconductor particles; nanocrystalline transparent coatings; functional test according to DIN; CEN and ISO
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Interests: heterogeneous photocatalysis; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); environmental purification; plasmonic nanoparticles; antimicrobial properties; visible-light-responsive materials
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Interests: photocatalysis; photolytic processes in the environment; photodegradation pathways; identification of phototransformation products
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Interests: photocatalysis; photoactive building materials; water treatment; titanium dioxide
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Interests: photocatalysis for sustainable chemistry; photocatalytic and photo-fenton processes for pollutants removal in wastewater; catalytic combustion of sewage sludge; decomposition and oxidative decomposition of H2S; hydrolysis of COS in the liquid phase
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Interests: semiconductor photocatalysis for environmental and energy applications; solar fuel production; artificial photosynthesis; development of visible light active photocatalysts; photochemical purification of water and air; environmental (photo)chemistry; ice (photo)chemistry; redox processes of environmental significance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to our Special Issue “Photocatalysis”, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Catalysts. As you all know, photocatalysis has become one of the key areas within the catalysis field. Since it adds just another feature to the already rather complex mechanism of heterogeneous catalysis, that is, the interaction with photons required to initiate the overall process, there is still a large number of unknowns regarding details of the underlying reaction mechanism(s). Therefore, contributions highlighting such mechanistic details are highly welcome in this Special Issue. Moreover, a photocatalyst often requires the presence of one or even several so-called co-catalysts to enable the desired chemical conversions. Therefore, we would like to invite you to submit to this Special Issue your explanations regarding the role of catalysis in a photocatalytic process. Other areas for which high-level contributions are needed—but are by no means limited to—plasmonic photocatalysis, nanocomposite materials, doped and co-doped semiconductor materials, photocatalytic synthesis, solar fuels, theoretical modeling of photocatalytic processes, photoreactor and reaction engineering, non-linear optical effects, decontamination and disinfection, and pilot and full-scale applications, to name but a few. We look forward to receiving your contribution(s) as soon as possible. In addition to original research articles, we welcome review and feature articles.
Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann
Prof. Dr. Ewa Kowalska
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Konstantinou
Prof. Dr. Magdalena Janus
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Vaiano
Prof. Dr. Wonyong Choi
Prof. Dr. Zhi Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mechanisms of photocatalysis
- (co)-catalysts
- Plasmonic photocatalysis
- Nanocomposite materials
- Doped and co-doped semiconductor materials
- Photocatalytic synthesis
- Solar fuels and artificial photosynthesis
- Water splitting, CO2 and N2 conversion
- Environmental photocatalysis
- Selective synthesis of organic compounds
- Theoretical modeling of photocatalytic processes
- Photoreactor and reaction engineering
- Non-linear optical effects
- Photonic crystals
- Antimicrobial properties
- Degradation mechanisms and pathways
- Pilot and full-scale photocatalytic applications
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