"[The] book successfully delivers a high quality compilation…. In summary, the book is useful as a survey of recent activities and research directions and is recommended to experts in the field." --Catalysis Letters

• Innovative approaches in catalyst preparation for specific performances and purposescatalysts for fuel cellselectrocatalystsphotocatalystscatalysts for artificial photosynthesiscatalysts for environmental application and energy productioncatalysts for biomass (constituents) conversioncatalysts for nanotube synthesismultifunctional catalyts for petro- and fine chemistrycatalysts with metal organic frameworkshybrid (bio + inorganic + organic) catalystsAdvanced preparation of supports and supported catalystshierarchical porous supportsheterogenized soluble catalystssupported nanoparticles and organometallic catalystsnanotubes/fibers as catalysts (or supports)immobilisation of biocatalystsKey concepts in catalyst preparationscaling-up of catalyst preparation and shapinginnovation in unit operations for catalyst preparationin situ spectroscopies in relation with catalyst preparationstructured and membrane catalysts