Nanoscale & Nanoscale Advances Blog

Nanoscale Advances and Catalysis Science and Technology are delighted to introduce a new themed collection focusing on Advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications. All articles in the collection are free to read from 01 September until 12 October 2026.

Guest Edited by Manuel Ramos Murillo, Kalliopi Kousi, Eleonora Cali, Raúl Pérez Hernández and Quan Li, this collection presents original research articles & review articles that delve into fundamental principles and practical applications, including but not limited to: 

• Chemical synthesis and evaluation of catalytic materials to support clean liquid fuels production, environmental catalysis and remediation 

• Bulk and nanoscale catalytic materials for hydrogen production in fuel cells by electrocatalytic processes, conversion of biomass, energy storage and organic electrosynthesis (Photocatalytic materials, Electro-catalytic materials and Single-Atom Catalysts) 

• Controlled synthesis and scaling of MOFs, metal nanoparticles, metallocenes, ionic liquids, transition metal carbides, phosphides, nitrides and sulfides catalytic materials. 

• In situ studies of synthesis and/or activation of catalytic materials during pretreatment. 

• Application of advanced characterization techniques including in situ/operando methodologies by atomic force, scanning tunneling electron microscopy (SEM, STEM, TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Synchrotron Radiation, Raman, and Mössbauer spectroscopies. 

• Computational modelling and AI/machine-learning approaches for catalytic materials, reactions and mechanisms. 

Explore the papers in the collection below.

Editorial

Introduction to advanced catalytic materials for energy and environmental applications

Reviews

The responsive behavior of hydrogels for wastewater treatment and their advancement in removal of water pollutants

Role of sodium borohydride as a co-catalyst for nanoparticle-induced degradation of toxic dyes in aquatic systems 

Catalyst screening for electrochemical ammonia synthesis: a critical review

Communication

Exsolution of Fe-based pyramidal nanostructures from a noble metal doped perovskite matrix

Articles

Exsolution of Fe-based pyramidal nanostructures from a noble metal doped perovskite matrix

A high-throughput reactor array applied to the parameter exploration of copper-exchanged zeolites for dilute methane oxidation

Cu encapsulated in hierarchical MFI zeolites for ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde

Support-driven base-free oxidation of native sugars into the corresponding lactones over gold catalysts: toward bifunctional catalytic materials

Computational insights into hydrogen adsorption energies on medium-entropy oxides

Modelling hydrogen peroxide adsorption on cerium dioxide: the effect of surface strain†

Size-dependent properties of Pt catalysts for the synthesis of NH3 during a gas-switching NOx storage and reduction process using BaO/Pt/γ-Al2O3

Synergistic enhancement of capacitance and catalysis by cobalt binary ligand complexes on porous carbon and nano silica

Defect engineering versus amorphization: divergent photocatalytic pathways in laser-synthesized niobium-based oxides

Impact of impurities in covalent organic frameworks on catalytic properties of supported isolated Pd complexes

Ab initio insights into support-induced sulfur resistance of Ni-based reforming catalyst

Catalytic studies of Pt supported on Co/CeO2 nanorods for H2 production in dry reforming of methane

Degradation of diclofenac via photocatalysis and radiocatalysis

Facile synthesis of metal-free N-doped carbon electrocatalyst from acetone aldol reaction products towards selective CO2-to-CO conversion

Operando exsolved FeNi3 nanoparticles for boosting ethanol internal reforming in solid oxide fuel cells

Engineering and optimising barium cerate-supported cobalt catalyst for ammonia synthesis

Facet-dependent metal–support interactions in cobalt–ceria binary oxides: linking ceria morphology (rods vs. cubes) to redox behaviour and CO oxidation

Thermally treated polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-derived highly microporous carbon support: applications in hydrotreating catalysis

WO3/Nb2CTx MXene 2D–2D heterojunction as a high performance photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting†

Synergistic enhancement of supercapacitor performance using covalent organic frameworks integrated with nitrogenated-reduced graphene oxide and polyaniline

Reversible temperature-induced shape transition of Pt nanoparticles supported on Al2O3

Growth and interface formation in CeOx–Ni(111) inverse model catalysts

We are always looking for the great research on catalytic nanomaterials, get in touch with the Editorial Office if are interested in submitting your work to the journal by emailing nanoscaleadvances-rsc@rsc.org.