Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This reprint contains contributions focusing on recent developments in the design, synthesis, and characterization of nanocatalysts intended for applications in environmental protection and low carbon footprint power generation processes thanks to the overall effort of scientists and researchers for a cleaner and more sustainable future. New synthetic approaches to the production and in-depth characterization of innovative nanostructured composites and hybrid materials with well-controlled textural and surface chemistry properties that give performance advantages in a variety of important environmental and energy applications such as CO2 utilization/recycling, hydrogen and syngas production, biosensing, and biocatalysis as well as in ways to obtain useful materials from waste are included, among others. This reprint is the result of one of the cutting-edge Special Issues in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology organized by Nanomaterials to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- nanocarbon --- rocket fuels --- furfuryl alcohol --- fuming nitric acid --- waste --- hypergolics --- carbon materials --- CO2 methanation --- bimetallic catalysts --- Ni-based catalysts --- promoters --- alloy nanoparticles --- bimetallic synergy --- hybrid nanoflowers --- biosynthesis --- influencing factors --- biosensing cues --- bio-catalysis --- propane --- steam reforming --- hydrogen production --- perovskite --- ruthenium --- rhodium --- La2O2CO3 --- stability --- propane steam reforming --- H2 production --- Ni --- TiO2 --- CeO2 --- YSZ --- ZrO2 --- Al2O3 --- drifts --- n/a --- HDO reaction --- transition metal phosphides --- structure --- acidity --- characterization

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This reprint contains contributions focusing on recent developments in the design, synthesis, and characterization of nanocatalysts intended for applications in environmental protection and low carbon footprint power generation processes thanks to the overall effort of scientists and researchers for a cleaner and more sustainable future. New synthetic approaches to the production and in-depth characterization of innovative nanostructured composites and hybrid materials with well-controlled textural and surface chemistry properties that give performance advantages in a variety of important environmental and energy applications such as CO2 utilization/recycling, hydrogen and syngas production, biosensing, and biocatalysis as well as in ways to obtain useful materials from waste are included, among others. This reprint is the result of one of the cutting-edge Special Issues in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology organized by Nanomaterials to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

nanocarbon --- rocket fuels --- furfuryl alcohol --- fuming nitric acid --- waste --- hypergolics --- carbon materials --- CO2 methanation --- bimetallic catalysts --- Ni-based catalysts --- promoters --- alloy nanoparticles --- bimetallic synergy --- hybrid nanoflowers --- biosynthesis --- influencing factors --- biosensing cues --- bio-catalysis --- propane --- steam reforming --- hydrogen production --- perovskite --- ruthenium --- rhodium --- La2O2CO3 --- stability --- propane steam reforming --- H2 production --- Ni --- TiO2 --- CeO2 --- YSZ --- ZrO2 --- Al2O3 --- drifts --- n/a --- HDO reaction --- transition metal phosphides --- structure --- acidity --- characterization

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This Special Issue on “Catalysts for Syngas Production”, included in the Catalysts open access journal, shows new research about the development of catalysts and catalytic routes for syngas production, and the optimization of the reaction conditions for the process. This issue includes ten articles about the different innovative processes for syngas production. Synthesis gas (or syngas) is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, with different chemical composition and H2/CO molar ratios, depending on the feedstock and production technology used. Syngas may be obtained from alternative sources to oil, such as natural gas, coal, biomass, organic wastes, etc. Syngas is a very good intermediate for the production of high value compounds at the industrial scale, such as hydrogen, methanol, liquid fuels, and a wide range of chemicals. Accordingly, efforts should be made on the co-feeding of CO2 with syngas, as an alternative for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more syngas will be required in the near future, in order to satisfy the demand for synfuels and high value chemicals.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- x%Co-Ni/Ce-Al2O3 --- steam reforming --- regeneration --- thermal stability --- anti-coking ability --- carbon --- combined Co–Fe species --- deactivation --- hydrogen production --- methane decomposition --- Ni catalysts --- combustion method --- dry reforming of methane --- RWGS reaction --- improved stability --- CH4 --- CeO2 --- dry reforming --- MgO --- Ni --- TiO2 --- syngas production --- hydrogen sulfide --- carbon dioxide --- Ni-Mo sulfide semiconductor --- non-thermal plasma --- methane steam reforming --- bench scale --- effectiveness factor --- Sulfur tolerant water gas shift catalyst --- steam/gas ratio --- Mo–Co/alkali/Al2O3 catalyst --- catalyst deactivation --- syngas --- H2 production --- Hydrogen --- Low Temperature Steam Reforming --- Rh4(CO)12 cluster --- microemulsion synthesis --- CeZr oxide --- Zr oxide --- heterogeneous catalysis --- solar thermochemical --- iridium catalyst --- rhodium catalyst --- catalytic cracking --- ethylene --- carbon nanofilaments --- hydrogen --- n/a --- combined Co-Fe species --- Mo-Co/alkali/Al2O3 catalyst

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This Special Issue on “Catalysts for Syngas Production”, included in the Catalysts open access journal, shows new research about the development of catalysts and catalytic routes for syngas production, and the optimization of the reaction conditions for the process. This issue includes ten articles about the different innovative processes for syngas production. Synthesis gas (or syngas) is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, with different chemical composition and H2/CO molar ratios, depending on the feedstock and production technology used. Syngas may be obtained from alternative sources to oil, such as natural gas, coal, biomass, organic wastes, etc. Syngas is a very good intermediate for the production of high value compounds at the industrial scale, such as hydrogen, methanol, liquid fuels, and a wide range of chemicals. Accordingly, efforts should be made on the co-feeding of CO2 with syngas, as an alternative for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more syngas will be required in the near future, in order to satisfy the demand for synfuels and high value chemicals.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- x%Co-Ni/Ce-Al2O3 --- steam reforming --- regeneration --- thermal stability --- anti-coking ability --- carbon --- combined Co–Fe species --- deactivation --- hydrogen production --- methane decomposition --- Ni catalysts --- combustion method --- dry reforming of methane --- RWGS reaction --- improved stability --- CH4 --- CeO2 --- dry reforming --- MgO --- Ni --- TiO2 --- syngas production --- hydrogen sulfide --- carbon dioxide --- Ni-Mo sulfide semiconductor --- non-thermal plasma --- methane steam reforming --- bench scale --- effectiveness factor --- Sulfur tolerant water gas shift catalyst --- steam/gas ratio --- Mo–Co/alkali/Al2O3 catalyst --- catalyst deactivation --- syngas --- H2 production --- Hydrogen --- Low Temperature Steam Reforming --- Rh4(CO)12 cluster --- microemulsion synthesis --- CeZr oxide --- Zr oxide --- heterogeneous catalysis --- solar thermochemical --- iridium catalyst --- rhodium catalyst --- catalytic cracking --- ethylene --- carbon nanofilaments --- hydrogen --- n/a --- combined Co-Fe species --- Mo-Co/alkali/Al2O3 catalyst

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This reprint focuses on new trends in photo-electrocatalysis, specifically addressed to the remediation of wastewater and energy production. The remediation of wastewater, up to a level that is acceptable for discharge into receiving waterbodies, involves an ever-growing demand of energy, so effective and low-energy treatment processes are highly desirable. Among the other treatments, photo- and photo-electrochemical treatment processes may be considered as advanced oxidation processes (AOP), which are based on the generation of OH radicals, strong oxidizing agents able to indiscriminately degrade even the most persistent organic compounds. Photocatalysis and photo-electrocatalysis can be considered as effective methods for organic degradation, especially when the semiconductor is active in the range of visible light. Several results are presented on new morphologies and structures, which allow more photoactive, visibly responsive, and stable materials, as well as studies on combined processes in which photo- or photo-electrochemistry contribute to an increase in the sustainability of the whole process, lowering costs and achieving the most valuable final products. In view of the circular economy concept, microbial fuel cell systems are also considered as possible way to recover energy from organic pollutants contained in wastewater.

composite --- polymethylmethacrylate --- photocatalytic oxidation --- titanium dioxide --- tetracycline --- ethanol --- photocatalysis --- silver(II) oxide --- mechanical mixture --- in situ deposition --- hydrogen evolution --- Anodic oxidation --- diamond electrodes --- UV irradiation --- ultrasounds --- amoxicillin --- ampicillin --- Composite catalysts --- synergy effect --- solar energy --- wastewater remediation --- photoelectrocatalysis --- TiO2 nanostructures --- Au nanoparticles --- water splitting --- bisphenol A oxidation --- ZnFe2O4 --- degree of inversion --- cation distribution --- photoelectrochemical activity --- porous nickel --- selective corrosion --- hydrogen evolution reaction --- metal sulfides --- H2 production --- photocatalyst --- facet effect --- light trapping --- crystal size --- non-precious metal catalysts --- Cu–B alloy --- microbial fuel cell --- cathode --- environmental engineering --- oxygen electrode --- renewable energy sources --- graphitic carbon nitride --- H2 generation --- Ni–Co catalyst --- electricity production --- advanced oxidation processes --- azo dye --- sustainable resources --- niobium --- water reuse --- water treatment --- AOPs --- zinc oxide --- nanoclusters --- UVA --- visible light --- photocatalytic reduction --- CO2 --- TiO2 photocatalysts --- surface modification --- solar fuel --- magnetron sputtering --- titanium dioxide (TiO2) film --- photocatalytic activity --- metal and non-metal doping --- optical properties --- n/a --- Cu-B alloy --- Ni-Co catalyst