Atomically precise thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters: current advances in solar-powered photoredox catalysis

H Liang, Q Chen, QL Mo, Y Wu, FX Xiao - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis has been regarded as an emerging technology to convert renewable solar
energy to chemical fuels, providing unprecedented opportunities for solving the deteriorating …

Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Au1Ag Single‐Atom Alloy Modified ZnO with Oxygen and Water Vapor: Synergy of Gold and Silver

Y Wang, G Hong, Y Zhang, Y Liu, W Cen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract C− H dissociation and C− C coupling are two key steps in converting CH4 into multi‐
carbon compounds. Here we report a synergy of Au and Ag to greatly promote C2H6 …

Construction of a Cu–Sn heterojunction interface derived from a Schottky junction in Cu@ Sn/rGO composites as a highly efficient dielectric microwave absorber

T Li, L Xia, H Yang, X Wang, T Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Developing high-performance dielectric absorbers, low filler loading, and a broad
absorption band remains a great challenge for wireless data communication systems …

Exploring the formation of gold/silver nanoalloys with gas-phase synthesis and machine-learning assisted simulations

Q Gromoff, P Benzo, WA Saidi, CM Andolina… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
While nanoalloys are of paramount scientific and practical interest, the main processes
leading to their formation are still poorly understood. Key structural features in the alloy …

Structure, Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of Binary PtnTM55–n (TM = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) Nanoclusters: A Density Functional Theory Investigation

D Guedes-Sobrinho, RK Nomiyama… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic platinum-based transition-metal (PtTM, TM= Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) nanoclusters
are potential candidates to improve and reduce the cost of Pt-based catalysts; however, our …

A generalizable machine learning potential of Ag–Au nanoalloys and its application to surface reconstruction, segregation and diffusion

YN Wang, LF Zhang, B Xu, XY Wang… - … and Simulation in …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Owing to the excellent catalytic properties of Ag–Au binary nanoalloys, nanostructured Ag–
Au, such as Ag–Au nanoparticles and nanopillars, has been under intense investigation. To …

Quantum plasmonics in sub-atom-thick optical slots

JJ Baumberg, R Esteban, S Hu, U Muniain, IV Silkin… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We show using time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) that light can be confined
into slot waveguide modes residing between individual atomic layers of coinage metals …

A coordination-based model for transition metal alloy nanoparticles

LT Roling, TS Choksi, F Abild-Pedersen - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a simple approach for predicting the relative energies of bimetallic nanoparticles
spanning a wide-ranging combinatorial space, using only the identity and nearest-neighbor …

Tunable plasmon-induced charge transport and photon absorption of bimetallic Au–Ag nanoparticles on ZnO photoanode for photoelectrochemical enhancement …

FS Lim, ST Tan, Y Zhu, JW Chen, B Wu… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Noble metal nanostructures have been widely explored as an effective method to increase
photon absorption and charge separation in plasmonic photocatalysis. In this study, we …

First-principles predictions of structure–function relationships of graphene-supported platinum nanoclusters

H Shi, SM Auerbach… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Platinum-based materials play an important role as electrocatalysts in energy conversion
technologies. Graphene-supported Pt nanoclusters were recently found to be promising …