Transition metal-supported catalysts are widely used in the petrochemical industry, fine chemical industry, energy chemical industry, and other fields. The commonly used supports include zeolites, molecular sieves, carbon materials, silica, alumina, and other metal oxides. The regulation of support and metal loading has become a very effective strategy to regulate the physical and chemical properties and catalytic performance of catalysts. It is essential and still a challenge to better understand the roles of support in catalysis by combining theoretical simulation calculation, model reaction research, and modern advanced characterization technology. Moreover, based on scientific principles and manufacturing technology, high-performance metal-supported catalysts can be rationally designed and developed.
Supports played more important roles in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalytic performance (i.e., activity, selectivity, and stability) of heterogeneous catalytic reactions depends strongly on the microstructure of the active metal phase with a support. This Research Topic aims to provide insight into future directions for support effects of supported metal nanocatalysts and their applications in catalysis. Understanding the relation between the metal and the support of such nanocatalysts is particularly challenging in order to tailor the interactions for optimum catalytic performances. A great deal of research has been devoted to analyzing the metal-support interactions, such as support composition, support morphology, surface defects, confinement of special porous materials, interparticle distance, unique metal-support interface, as well as novel theoretical studies and in-situ characterization tools for interactions between metal and support. The research topic can give guidance to the design and synthesis of more active and multifunctional metal nanocatalysts via the adjustment of interactions of metal support.
Original research articles, as well as reviews, are welcome. Potential themes for this Research Topic include, but are not limited to:
• Surface defects and modification, such as heteroatom doping of carbon materials and metal oxides doped by N, B, or P, etc.
• Adjustment of support phase composition and morphologies
• Confinement within the channels of zeolite, carbon nanotubes or graphene nanosheets
• Mesoscale spatial effects of supported nanocatalysts
• Synergetic effects of metal and support in challenging research areas, including photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
• Novel theoretical studies and in situ characterization tools for interaction between metal and support
Topic editor Zhicheng Liu is employed by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Research Topic subject.
Transition metal-supported catalysts are widely used in the petrochemical industry, fine chemical industry, energy chemical industry, and other fields. The commonly used supports include zeolites, molecular sieves, carbon materials, silica, alumina, and other metal oxides. The regulation of support and metal loading has become a very effective strategy to regulate the physical and chemical properties and catalytic performance of catalysts. It is essential and still a challenge to better understand the roles of support in catalysis by combining theoretical simulation calculation, model reaction research, and modern advanced characterization technology. Moreover, based on scientific principles and manufacturing technology, high-performance metal-supported catalysts can be rationally designed and developed.
Supports played more important roles in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalytic performance (i.e., activity, selectivity, and stability) of heterogeneous catalytic reactions depends strongly on the microstructure of the active metal phase with a support. This Research Topic aims to provide insight into future directions for support effects of supported metal nanocatalysts and their applications in catalysis. Understanding the relation between the metal and the support of such nanocatalysts is particularly challenging in order to tailor the interactions for optimum catalytic performances. A great deal of research has been devoted to analyzing the metal-support interactions, such as support composition, support morphology, surface defects, confinement of special porous materials, interparticle distance, unique metal-support interface, as well as novel theoretical studies and in-situ characterization tools for interactions between metal and support. The research topic can give guidance to the design and synthesis of more active and multifunctional metal nanocatalysts via the adjustment of interactions of metal support.
Original research articles, as well as reviews, are welcome. Potential themes for this Research Topic include, but are not limited to:
• Surface defects and modification, such as heteroatom doping of carbon materials and metal oxides doped by N, B, or P, etc.
• Adjustment of support phase composition and morphologies
• Confinement within the channels of zeolite, carbon nanotubes or graphene nanosheets
• Mesoscale spatial effects of supported nanocatalysts
• Synergetic effects of metal and support in challenging research areas, including photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
• Novel theoretical studies and in situ characterization tools for interaction between metal and support
Topic editor Zhicheng Liu is employed by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regards to the Research Topic subject.