Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis based on nanotechnology
approaches. A new understanding and mastery of catalysis could have broad societal …

Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the most important chemical processes of various
industries performed on catalyst nanoparticles with different sizes or/and shapes. In the past …

Catalysis by gold has rapidly become a hot topic in chemistry, with a new discovery being
made almost every week. Gold is equally effective as a heterogeneous or a homogeneous …

Catalysis and electrocatalysis by noble metal (NM) nanomaterials is typically surface and
interface-sensitive. Effective surface and interface control over NM nanomaterials provides …

Titanium dioxide is one of the most intensely studied oxides due to its interesting
electrochemical and photocatalytic properties and it is widely applied, for example in …

Stability is one of the main requirements for commercializing fuel cell electrocatalysts for
automotive applications. Platinum is the best-known catalyst for oxygen reduction in …

In recent times, several strategies have been developed to enhance the power conversion
efficiency (PCE) of thin-film polymer or organic solar cells (PSCs or OSCs). One of such …

Au@ TiO2 hollow submicrospheres with controllable sizes and shell thicknesses are easily
synthesized by the hydrothermal method. When Au@ TiO2 hollow submicrospheres are …

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to study the surface composition and
electronic structure of Au/TiO2 catalysts in comparison with TiO2 (anatase) and to reveal …

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of
nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic …