Clean and sustainable energy needs the development of advanced heterogeneous
catalysts as they are of vital importance for electrochemical transformation reactions in …

Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Colloidal inorganic nanoparticles are being used in an increasingly large number of
applications ranging from biological imaging to television displays. In all cases, nanoparticle …

Recently, the development of high-performance non-platinum electrocatalysts for fuel cell
applications has been gaining attention. Palladium-based nanoalloys are considered as …

Direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) are a promising clean power source. To date,
palladium (Pd)-based catalysts are the best promising anode catalyst for DFAFCs due to its …

A new class of monolayer-protected Au clusters with Au–C covalent bonds (organogold
clusters) was synthesized by ligating phenylacetylene (PhC CH) to PVP-stabilized Au …

This review selectively summarizes the latest developments in the Pd-based cataysts for low
temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, especially in the application of formic …

A novel" raisin bun"-like nanocomposite, where Pd clusters are embedded in porphyrin
matrix, is developed as a promising electrocatalyst. Thanks to the synergy between the Pd …

A simple concept is proposed to metallise polyamide 66 (PA66) spherulite structures with in
situ synthesised gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) using a wet chemical method. This cost …

Conspectus Noble metal nanoparticles represent a unique class of functional nanomaterials
with physical and chemical properties that deviate markedly from those of their atomic and …