Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts: Application in Energy, Chemical, and Environment

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The Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts offers a thorough and up-to-date exploration of advancements in both traditional metal alloys and innovative high-entropy alloy catalytic materials. It highlights the tunable properties of these materials—achieved through nanoscale reduction, shape control, compositional adjustments, and interface engineering—that optimize electronic structures, electrical conductivity, optical characteristics, and surface adsorption energies, ultimately enhancing catalytic activity and selectivity. The book delves into key applications, including photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and heterogeneous catalysis, while emphasizing material design, synthesis methodologies, and the critical interplay between structural features and catalytic performance.

Key Features:

  • Introduces metal alloy catalytic materials from fundamental to design principles, synthesis, and structure characterization.
  • Covers machine learning in the context of metal alloy catalytic materials design and applications.
  • Presents metal alloy catalysts in the production of renewable solar fuels.
  • Covers topics in chemical conversions, including fossil and biomass chemical derivatives.
  • Includes energy conversion and storage such as batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells.
  • Discusses environmental remediation of organic, inorganic, and gaseous pollutants.

This book targets postgraduate students, academics, and industry professionals in advanced metal alloy composite catalysts, promoting sustainable technologies in crucial areas such as energy, chemical conversion, and environmental remediation.

The Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts offers a thorough and up-to-date exploration of advancements in both traditional metal alloys and innovative high-entropy alloy catalytic materials. It highlights the tunable properties of these materials—achieved through nanoscale reduction, shape control, c...

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5 reviews
Shankar Chaudhari
August 2, 2026
The Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts is an informative and well-organized reference on modern metal alloy catalysts. It covers recent advances, synthesis, and key applications in catalysis and energy. The book is a valuable resource for students and researchers in materials science and chemistry.
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Rupesh Kurale
August 2, 2026
An informative and well organized handbook that offers valuable insights into metal alloy catalysts
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Tiwari
August 3, 2026
good book
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About the author

Peter Ramashadi Makgwane is currently a Full Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute of Catalysis and Energy Solutions (ICES). He previously worked as a Principal Scientist (2011-2023) at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, South Africa), focusing on catalysis and advanced energy materials. He is a highly published scholar, contributing numerous articles and book chapters on heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis, particularly focusing on renewable chemicals, energy, and environmental remediation.

Mesfin Abayneh Kebede is currently a full Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS). He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2009 from Inha University, South Korea. His research activities mainly focus on the development and characterization of nanostructured catalysts and electrode materials for energy storage, energy generation, and water treatment applications.

Peter Ramashadi Makgwane is currently a Full Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Institute of Catalysis and Energy Solutions (ICES). He previously worked as a Principal Scientist (2011-2023) at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, South Africa), focusing on ca...

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