Water splitting has been known as a promising candidate for electrochemical green
hydrogen. The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which is the half-reaction for water …

The ability to visualize crystalline defects and lattice distortions at the nanoscale holds
profound implications for enhancing material properties and optimizing their design. Bragg …

High‐Ni layered oxides undergo distinct chemomechanical evolution upon high‐voltage
charging over 4.2 V, producing crystallographic defects and associated lattice distortions …

Composite nanomaterials have been prepared through thermal decomposition of palladium
diacetate. The composite contains palladium nanoparticles embedded in high-pressure …

Recent efforts on manipulating metal nanoparticles (NPs) using an electron beam have
offered new insights into nanoparticle behavior, structural transition, and the emergence of …

Single crystalline faceted Pd nanoparticles attached to a sapphire substrate were fabricated
employing the solid state dewetting method. The as-dewetted nanoparticles tested in …

Structure-sensitive catalyzed reactions can be influenced by a number of parameters. So far,
it has been established that the formation of Pd-C species is responsible for the behavior of …

Operando X-ray studies of chemical reactions have gained increasing interest lately, fueled
by the emergence of a new generation of powerful focused X-ray sources. Although it is well …

This thesis details the synthesis, characterisation and catalytic testing of a series of metal
nanocluster (NC)-laden metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The overall aim was to …