Design concept for electrocatalysts

Y Wang, X Zheng, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based electrocatalysts with different sizes (single atoms, nanoclusters, and
nanoparticles) show different catalytic behaviors for various electrocatalytic reactions …

Advances in heterogeneous single-cluster catalysis

X Li, S Mitchell, Y Fang, J Li, J Perez-Ramirez… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterogeneous single-cluster catalysts (SCCs) comprising atomically precise and isolated
metal clusters stabilized on appropriately chosen supports offer exciting prospects for …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Metal catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis: from single atoms to nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show
different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown …

Synthetic strategies of supported atomic clusters for heterogeneous catalysis

H Rong, S Ji, J Zhang, D Wang, Y Li - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Supported atomic clusters with uniform metal sites and definite low-nuclearity are
intermediate states between single-atom catalysts (SACs) and nanoparticles in size …

Small‐scale big science: From nano‐to atomically dispersed catalytic materials

L Wang, H Liu, J Zhuang, D Wang - Small Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nanomaterials (NMs) has made everyone more aware of the close
relationship between the size and performance of materials. Especially, the catalytic …

Atomic/molecular layer deposition for energy storage and conversion

Y Zhao, L Zhang, J Liu, K Adair, F Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy storage and conversion systems, including batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells,
solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting, have played vital roles in the reduction …

Size effects of electrocatalysts: more than a variation of surface area

T Wu, MY Han, ZJ Xu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The efficiency of electrocatalytic reactions has been continuously improved in recent years
due to the great effort in the development of electrocatalysts. A popular strategy is …

[HTML][HTML] Palladium-based nanomaterials: synthesis and electrochemical applications

A Chen, C Ostrom - Chemical Reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cumulative anthropogenic energy demands, coupled with continual increases in carbon
dioxide emissions, have triggered a critical need for the use of non-fossil-fuel resources …

Catalysis by clusters with precise numbers of atoms

EC Tyo, S Vajda - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
Clusters that contain only a small number of atoms can exhibit unique and often unexpected
properties. The clusters are of particular interest in catalysis because they can act as …