New Aspects of Platinum Group Metal‐Based Solid‐Solution Alloy Nanoparticles: Binary to High‐Entropy Alloys

K Kusada, D Wu, H Kitagawa - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum group metal (PGM) nanoparticles (NPs) have been investigated in a variety of
research fields such as catalysis and electronics. Alloying has been recognized as one of …

Phase Control in Monometallic and Alloy Nanomaterials

K Kusada, H Kitagawa - Chemical Reviews, 2025 - ACS Publications
Metal nanomaterials with unconventional phases have been recently developed with a
variety of methods and exhibit novel and attractive properties such as high activities for …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the local structure and electronic properties of a highly active overall alkaline water splitting NixCo1-xO/hollow carbon sphere catalyst

V Mashindi, MW Terban, DM Meira, BD Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A Ni x Co 1-x O/HCS catalyst with superior water-splitting is presented. High water-splitting
reaction kinetics and enhanced durability were observed. The structure-function relationship …

Sustainable Synthesis of Ruthenium–Palladium-Based Nanonet Assembly for Efficient Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol and Nitrofurantoin

P Veerakumar, A Sangili, SM Chen… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polyol techniques have recently emerged as viable soft chemical approaches for the
production of ultrafine metal crystals. In this work, we described a simple method of …

Tuning the Selectivity of Nitrate Reduction via Fine Composition Control of RuPdNP Catalysts

JP Troutman, JSP Mantha, H Li, G Henkelman… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Herein, aqueous nitrate (NO3−) reduction is used to explore composition‐selectivity
relationships of randomly alloyed ruthenium‐palladium nanoparticle catalysts to provide …

Control of nanoparticles synthesized via vacuum sputter deposition onto liquids: a review

MT Nguyen, L Deng, T Yonezawa - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Sputter deposition onto a low volatile liquid matrix is a recently developed green synthesis
method for metal/metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs). In this review, we introduce the synthesis …

Practical guide for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: Applications to the study of catalysts

PR Davies, DJ Morgan - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has become a standard tool for the study of catalytic
materials over the last two decades, and with the increasing popularity of turnkey XPS …

High-throughput design of bimetallic core–shell catalysts for the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

S Kim, MC Kim, BC Yeo, SS Han - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is an attractive alternative process
for producing ammonia in an eco-friendly manner. However, the development of a highly …

Rationally tailoring catalysts for the CO oxidation reaction by using DFT calculations

D Yan, HH Kristoffersen, JK Pedersen… - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rational design of catalysts by tailoring specific surface sites with different elements
could result in catalysts with high activity, selectivity, and stability. In this work, we show that …

Nitrile hydrogenation to secondary amines under ambient conditions over palladium–platinum random alloy nanoparticles

Y Nishida, K Sato, C Chaudhari, H Yamada… - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles is a cost-effective and green method for synthesizing
amines and imines, which have many industrial applications. However, this reaction …