Topic: Atomic Green Catalysis for Sustainability

Special Issue Introduction

Severe environmental challenges and the global drive toward decarbonization demand revolutionary innovations in green chemistry and technology. Advanced catalytic processes have emerged as a cornerstone for efficient environmental engineering and clean energy systems. However, conventional catalysts often suffer from limited active sites and efficiency bottlenecks. Recently, atomic-level modulation, single-atom site engineering, and sustainable materials design have opened new horizons, dramatically optimizing catalyst structures and enabling the precise coupling of pollution control and resource valorization.

This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge interdisciplinary research focusing on novel green catalytic nanomaterials and their holistic applications. We welcome contributions that advance scientific understanding of catalytic mechanisms and accelerate scalable environmental solutions. By bridging fundamental atomic regulation with practical green technologies, this collection seeks to foster ecosystem restoration, waste-to-energy conversion, and circular economy approaches, ultimately supporting global sustainability goals.

Special Issue Call for Papers：

This Special Issue invites Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to the following:

● Sustainable materials designand synthesis of novel eco-friendly catalytic nanomaterials;
● Atomic-level regulation, interfacial catalytic engineering, and single-atom engineering for green chemistry;
● Advanced catalytic processes for pollution reduction, atmospheric control, and VOCs elimination;
● Environmental engineering approachesfor water treatment and ecosystem restoration;
● Waste valorizationand circular economy strategies via innovative catalytic pathways;
● Decarbonization pathways and catalytic conversion for renewable & clean energy (e.g., hydrogen, biomass);
● Theoretical calculations, mechanism exploration, and AI-driven optimization in catalytic systems.

Green chemistry, sustainable materials, environmental engineering, waste valorization, circular economy, clean energy systems, decarbonization, single-atom catalysts, atomic-level regulation, interfacial engineering.