Guest Editor(s)
Assist. Prof. Basem E. Keshta
Email: basem.keshta@science.tanta.edu.eg
Affiliation: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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Research Interests: metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and functional nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications, photocatalysis for solar energy conversion, pollutant degradation, water treatment
Assist. Prof. Muhammad Aadil
Email: muhammad.aadil@iub.edu.pk
Affiliation: The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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Research Interests: photocatalysis for solar energy conversion, pollutant degradation, and water treatment
Dr. Muhammad Sohail
Email: sohailncp@gmail.com
Affiliation: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China - Huzhou, China
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Research Interests: advanced nanomaterials, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis (HER, OER, ORR, CO₂ reduction)
Summary
Photocatalysis offers a sustainable route to harness solar energy for clean-energy production and pollution control, addressing two of the most pressing challenges of our time: energy transition and water/environmental security. Advances in functional materials now make it possible to drive solar-to-fuel conversion and the destruction of persistent pollutants under mild, light-driven conditions.
This Special Issue focuses on the rational design of advanced photocatalysts and their applications across the energy-environment nexus. We welcome original research and reviews on porous frameworks (MOFs, COFs) and polymeric semiconductors, magnetic and magnetically recoverable photocatalysts, and carbon-based hybrids.
Suggested themes include:
(i) photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution and water splitting;
(ii) CO2 photoreduction to solar fuels;
(iii) photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics, dyes, and emerging contaminants;
(iv) S-scheme/Z-scheme heterojunction engineering;
(v) structure-activity relationships, in-situ/operando studies, and mechanistic insights;
(vi) scalable, recyclable, and stable photocatalyst design.
Keywords
photocatalysis, solar energy conversion, hydrogen evolution, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, conjugated polymers, magnetic photocatalysts, environmental remediation, visible-light-driven catalysis
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