The goals of sustainable development are to eradicate poverty,protect our planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.Achieving a sustainable environment is a grand challenge that the world is facing due to air/water pollution,climate change,and energy crisis induced by population explosion and rapid industrialization.To address this challenge,catalysis has played a key role.In recent years,impressive successes have been witnessed on innovative applications of the effective catalysts for solar/chemical energy conversion and environmental remediation.