Noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

Y Shi, Z Lyu, M Zhao, R Chen, QN Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

Electrospun fiber-based flexible electronics: Fiber fabrication, device platform, functionality integration and applications

Q Gao, S Agarwal, A Greiner, T Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible electronics have attracted considerable attention in the past two decades due to
their distinctive features and numerous potential applications in electronic skins, human …

Shape‐controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals: simple chemistry meets complex physics?

Y Xia, Y Xiong, B Lim… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystals are fundamental to modern science and technology. Mastery over the shape of
a nanocrystal enables control of its properties and enhancement of its usefulness for a given …

Icosahedral platinum alloy nanocrystals with enhanced electrocatalytic activities

J Wu, L Qi, H You, A Gross, J Li… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
This communication describes the synthesis of Pt–M (M= Au, Ni, Pd) icosahedral
nanocrystals based on the gas reducing agent in liquid solution method. Both CO gas and …

Solvothermal synthesis of metal nanocrystals and their applications

J Lai, W Niu, R Luque, G Xu - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Solvothermal synthesis has advanced significantly over the past decades and became a
versatile approach to achieve the morphology control of well-defined metal nanostructures …

Activated carbon from biomass sustainable sources

YX Gan - C, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biomass wastes are abundant around us. They are renewable and inexpensive. Product
manufacturing from renewable resources has caught increasing interest recently. Activated …

Delicate control of crystallographic facet-oriented Cu 2 O nanocrystals and the correlated adsorption ability

DF Zhang, H Zhang, L Guo, K Zheng, XD Han… - Journal of Materials …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we demonstrate the systematic and delicate geometry control of Cu2O
nanocrystals by taking advantage of the selective surface stabilization effect. A variety of …

Enhancement of donor–acceptor polymer bulk heterojunction solar cell power conversion efficiencies by addition of Au nanoparticles

DH Wang, DY Kim, KW Choi, JH Seo, SH Im… - Angewandte …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer-fullerene-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells with large surface areas can
be fabricated by using lowcost roll-to-roll manufacturing methods.[1–11] However, because …

Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective Gas Sensors Based on Electrospun SnO2 Nanofibers Modified by Pd Loading

DJ Yang, I Kamienchick, DY Youn… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents a new route to suppress grain growth and tune the sensitivity and
selectivity of nanocrystalline SnO2 fibers. Unloaded and Pd‐loaded SnO2 nanofiber mats …