摘要
Catalysis science and technology has been greatly prompted in recent years, own to, in particular, the rapid development and progress in energy and environmental areas. Energy is one of the most important issues with worldwide concerns from international community to domestic social and economic development. In many cases, energy or energy containing materials needs to be converted to more valuable forms or states. Catalysis plays a central role during almost all of the transformation processes, such as oil refining, coal processing and utilization, fuel cell, energy storage, hydrogen generation and storage, solar energy utilization and biomass conversion. Catalysis also plays a very important role in environmental protection such as greenhouse gas emission, water purification, C02 capturing and transformation, and so on. Nowadays, there arises a new round of technological breakthrough due to the demand in these fields. Thus, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering （FCSE）, one of the transactions of Chinese Academy of Engineering, organized this Special Issue aiming to illustrate some of the exciting progresses and achievements in the relevant research fields.
Catalysis science and technology has been greatly prompted in recent years, own to, in particular, the rapid development and progress in energy and environmental areas. Energy is one of the most important issues with worldwide concerns from international community to domestic social and economic development. In many cases, energy or energy containing materials needs to be converted to more valuable forms or states. Catalysis plays a central role during almost all of the transformation processes, such as oil refining, coal processing and utilization, fuel cell, energy storage, hydrogen generation and storage, solar energy utilization and biomass conversion. Catalysis also plays a very important role in environmental protection such as greenhouse gas emission, water purification, C02 capturing and transformation, and so on. Nowadays, there arises a new round of technological breakthrough due to the demand in these fields. Thus, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering （FCSE）, one of the transactions of Chinese Academy of Engineering, organized this Special Issue aiming to illustrate some of the exciting progresses and achievements in the relevant research fields.
