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 …

Strain-controlled electrocatalysis on multimetallic nanomaterials

M Luo, S Guo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Electrocatalysis is crucial for the development of clean and renewable energy technologies,
which may reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Multimetallic nanomaterials serve as state-of …

Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

M Li, Z Zhao, T Cheng, A Fortunelli, CY Chen, R Yu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Improving the platinum (Pt) mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) requires
optimization of both the specific activity and the electrochemically active surface area …

Modulating electronic structures of inorganic nanomaterials for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting

X Du, J Huang, J Zhang, Y Yan, C Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising sustainable energy conversion
technologies, but is limited by the sluggish electrochemical reactions. Inorganic …

How strain can break the scaling relations of catalysis

A Khorshidi, J Violet, J Hashemi, AA Peterson - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysts control the rates of chemical reactions by changing the energy
levels of bound intermediates relative to one another. However, the design flexibility in …

Establishing a theoretical landscape for identifying basal plane active 2D metal borides (MBenes) toward nitrogen electroreduction

X Guo, S Lin, J Gu, S Zhang, Z Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To achieve efficient ammonia synthesis via electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction
(NRR), a qualified catalyst should have both high specific activity and large active surface …

Biaxially strained PtPb/Pt core/shell nanoplate boosts oxygen reduction catalysis

L Bu, N Zhang, S Guo, X Zhang, J Li, J Yao, T Wu, G Lu… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Compressive surface strains have been necessary to boost oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) activity in core/shell M/platinum (Pt) catalysts (where M can be nickel, cobalt, or iron) …

Palladium–platinum core-shell icosahedra with substantially enhanced activity and durability towards oxygen reduction

X Wang, SI Choi, LT Roling, M Luo, C Ma… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Conformal deposition of platinum as ultrathin shells on facet-controlled palladium
nanocrystals offers a great opportunity to enhance the catalytic performance while reducing …

Origin of high activity and durability of twisty nanowire alloy catalysts under oxygen reduction and fuel cell operating conditions

Z Kong, Y Maswadeh, JA Vargas, S Shan… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ability to control the surface composition and morphology of alloy catalysts is critical for
achieving high activity and durability of catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and …

Fully Tensile Strained Pd3Pb/Pd Tetragonal Nanosheets Enhance Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

C Tang, N Zhang, Y Ji, Q Shao, Y Li, X Xiao… - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
While surface strain engineering in shaped and bimetallic nanostructures offers additional
variables for manoeuvring the catalysis, manipulating isotropic strain distributions in …