What is this collection about?

C1 chemistry underpins major industrial routes to fuels and chemicals and sits at the heart of carbon utilization and low carbon energy strategies. This Collection showcases how mechanistic understanding of active sites, reaction pathways, and deactivation can be translated into rational catalyst design to improve selectivity, stability, and process efficiency in heterogeneous thermocatalysis.

Why is this collection important?

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action). By bringing a mechanistic focus to catalyst design, it accelerates approaches to carbon utilization and low‑carbon energy strategies.

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Collections like this one help promote high‑quality science. They are led by In‑House Editors who are experts in their fields and supported by a dedicated team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors at Springer Nature. Collection manuscripts typically see higher citations, downloads, and Altmetric scores, and provide a one‑stop‑shop on a cutting‑edge topic of interest.

Who is involved?

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Communications Chemistry is edited by both in-house professional editors and Editorial Board Members.

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