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 …

Seed‐mediated growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals

Y Xia, KD Gilroy, HC Peng, X Xia - … Chemie International Edition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Seed‐mediated growth is a powerful and versatile approach for the synthesis of colloidal
metal nanocrystals. The vast allure of this approach mainly stems from the staggering …

Interfacial engineering enhances the electroactivity of frame‐like concave RhCu bimetallic nanocubes for nitrate reduction

ZX Ge, TJ Wang, Y Ding, SB Yin, FM Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia is a crucial chemical in agriculture, industry, and emerging energy industries, so
high‐efficient, energy‐saving, sustainable, and environmentally‐friendly NH3 synthesis …

Surface coordination chemistry of metal nanomaterials

P Liu, R Qin, G Fu, N Zheng - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Surface coordination chemistry of nanomaterials deals with the chemistry on how ligands
are coordinated on their surface metal atoms and influence their properties at the molecular …

The polyol process: a unique method for easy access to metal nanoparticles with tailored sizes, shapes and compositions

F Fiévet, S Ammar-Merah, R Brayner, F Chau… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
After about three decades of development, the polyol process is now widely recognized and
practised as a unique soft chemical method for the preparation of a large variety of …

Surface capping agents and their roles in shape‐controlled synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals

TH Yang, Y Shi, A Janssen, Y Xia - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Surface capping agents have been extensively used to control the evolution of seeds into
nanocrystals with diverse but well‐controlled shapes. Here we offer a comprehensive review …

Shape-controlled synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals: thermodynamic versus kinetic products

Y Xia, X Xia, HC Peng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015 - ACS Publications
This Perspective provides a contemporary understanding of the shape evolution of colloidal
metal nanocrystals under thermodynamically and kinetically controlled conditions. It has …

Prediction and design of nanozymes using explainable machine learning

Y Wei, J Wu, Y Wu, H Liu, F Meng, Q Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An abundant number of nanomaterials have been discovered to possess enzyme‐like
catalytic activity, termed nanozymes. It is identified that a variety of internal and external …

Plasmon-enhanced catalysis: distinguishing thermal and nonthermal effects

X Zhang, X Li, ME Reish, D Zhang, NQ Su… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In plasmon-enhanced heterogeneous catalysis, illumination accelerates reaction rates by
generating hot carriers and hot surfaces in the constituent nanostructured metals. In order to …

High-Performance Rh2P Electrocatalyst for Efficient Water Splitting

H Duan, D Li, Y Tang, Y He, S Ji, R Wang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The search for active, stable, and cost-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production via
water splitting could make a substantial impact on energy technologies that do not rely on …