Advances in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction by metal nanoclusters‐based materials

J Ding, H Yang, S Zhang, Q Liu, H Cao, J Luo, X Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of renewable energy systems, clean hydrogen is burgeoning as an
optimal alternative to fossil fuels, in which its application is promising to retarding the global …

[HTML][HTML] Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R Jin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular reactivity of thiolate-protected noble metal nanoclusters: synthesis, self-assembly, and applications

Q Yao, Z Wu, Z Liu, Y Lin, X Yuan, J Xie - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Thiolate-protected noble metal (eg, Au and Ag) nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small particles
with a core size of less than 3 nm. Due to the strong quantum confinement effects and …

Correlations between the fundamentals and applications of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters: Recent advances in catalysis and biomedical applications

Z Liu, Z Wu, Q Yao, Y Cao, OJH Chai, J Xie - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultrasmall metal nanoparticles (NPs) with a well-defined composition and structure, the so-
called metal nanoclusters (NCs, usually smaller than 3 nm in size), represent the forefront …

High-performance methanol electrolysis towards energy-saving hydrogen production: Using Cu2O-Cu decorated Ni2P nanoarray as bifunctional monolithic catalyst

L Li, L Zhang, L Gou, S Wei, X Hou, L Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) is a promising alternative approach to
oxygen evolution reaction for efficient hydrogen production. However, developing highly …

Thiolate‐protected metal nanoclusters: recent development in synthesis, understanding of reaction, and application in energy and environmental field

T Kawawaki, A Ebina, Y Hosokawa, S Ozaki, D Suzuki… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which are composed of about 250 or fewer metal atoms, possess
great potential as novel functional materials. Fundamental research on metal NCs gradually …

Atomically precise thiolate‐protected gold nanoclusters: Current status of designability of the structure and physicochemical properties

S Hossain, D Hirayama, A Ikeda, M Ishimi… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thiolate (SR)‐protected gold nanoclusters (Aun (SR) m NCs) are a rare type of material
capable of simultaneously exhibiting multiple physicochemical properties well‐suited to …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocatalysis of gold-based nanoparticles and nanoclusters

C Li, OJH Chai, Q Yao, Z Liu, L Wang, H Wang… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold (Au)-based nanomaterials, including nanoparticles (NPs) and nanoclusters (NCs),
have shown great potential in many electrocatalytic reactions due to their excellent catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Gold nanoclusters as electrocatalysts: size, ligands, heteroatom doping, and charge dependences

B Kumar, T Kawawaki, N Shimizu, Y Imai, D Suzuki… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
To establish an ultimate energy conversion system consisting of a water-splitting
photocatalyst and a fuel cell, it is necessary to further increase the efficiencies of the …