Environmental Friendly Catalysts for Energy and Pollution Control Applications

• Other Authors: Lombraña, José Ignacio (Editor), Valdés, Héctor (Editor), Ferreiro, Cristian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Environmental science, engineering & technology; photocatalysis; organic wastewater; preparation method; degradation; characterizations; hybridization; exoelectrogen; biocatalyst; microenvironment; porous electrode; anaerobic; recalcitrant compounds; E. coli K12; methylene blue; optimization; Pareto chart; perturbation graph; Pt-based promoter; CO oxidation; environmental catalysis; refinery compliance; fluid catalytic cracking; FCC; sodium citrate; sodium humate; SO2; absorption; BaQD; carbamazepine; ferric coordination complex; photo-Fenton; turbidity; cyanide; activated carbon; titanium dioxide; composites; continuous flow; adsorption; catalytic ozonation; Lewis and Brønsted acid sites; natural zeolite; reaction mechanism; toluene; three-phase modelling; fixed-bed reactor; wastewater treatment; phenol; granular activated carbon; Ad/Ox; volatile organic compounds; core-shell structures; spherical polymer templates; Co3O4; Pd-based promoter; NOx emission; metal-organic frameworks; heterogeneous catalysis; carbon dioxide; biomass; hydrogenation; oxidation; Fisher-Tropsch
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Catalysts are widely used in a great variety of technologies, providing remarkable efficiency in order to address sustainable energy production, climate change challenges, and to reduce industrial emissions. In the framework of the Environmental Catalysis section promoted by the Catalysts Editorial Office, this Special Issue, entitled "Environmental Friendly Catalysts for Energy and Pollution Control Applications", comprises novel studies representing the state-of-the-art research for efficient energy generation and industrial emission control based on new environmentally friendly catalyst materials (EFCs). In particular, in this Special Issue (SI), different kinds of catalysts are presented for catalytic solutions, including the reduction of NOx emissions (new zeolite catalyst modified with Pt), the elimination of volatile organic compounds (Co3O4@SiO2 and acidic surface transformed natural zeolite) and the removal of SO2 emissions (through adsorption processes with sodium citrate). Moreover, novel biocatalysts for bioanodes and new functional nanostructured catalysts based on metal-organic framework (MOFs) for different applications are also included. Additionally, articles compiled in this SI are also focused on the improvement of catalytic processes. Thus, selected processes based on activated carbons (modified with titanium dioxide) and optimized Fenton processes for the removal of aqueous organic pollutants or for the inactivation of bacteria are also presented.