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Advanced Catalysis and Materials Engineering for Sustainable Environment Purification

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This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7 - Affordable and clean energy and SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure.

 

The urgent need for sustainable solutions to environmental challenges has driven rapid advancements in catalysis and materials engineering. This collection aims to showcase cutting-edge research that leverages advanced catalytic systems and innovative materials to address critical issues in environmental purification and resource recovery.

This collection welcomes contributions that explore the design, synthesis, and application of novel catalysts and functional materials for the degradation of pollutants, conversion of greenhouse gases, and treatment of wastewater and air contaminants. Studies integrating nanotechnology, surface/interface engineering, and green chemistry principles are particularly encouraged.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and heterogeneous catalysis for environmental remediation.
  • CO₂ reduction, water splitting, and nitrogen fixation using advanced catalytic systems.
  • Development of eco-friendly, scalable, and high-performance materials for pollution control.
  • Catalytic processes for waste-to-resource conversion and circular economy applications.
  • In-situ and operando characterization techniques for understanding catalytic mechanisms.
  • Integration of machine learning and computational modeling in catalyst design.
  • Industrial applications and life-cycle assessments of catalytic purification technologies.

This collection seeks to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and highlight transformative approaches that contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable future.

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Editors

The Collection will publish original research Articles, Reviews, Perspectives and Comments (full details on content types can be found here). Papers will be published in npj Materials Sustainability as soon as they are accepted and then collected together and promoted on the Collection homepage. All Guest Edited Collections are associated with a call for papers and are managed by one or more of our Editorial Board Members and the journal's Editors.

This Collection welcomes submissions from all authors – and not by invitation only – on the condition that the manuscripts fall within the scope of the Collection and of npj Materials Sustainability more generally. See our editorial process page for more details. 

All submissions are subject to the same peer review process and editorial standards as regular npj Materials Sustainability articles, including the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions, which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests. See our Collections guidelines for more details. 

This Collection is not supported by sponsorship.