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 …

Colloidal synthesis of metal nanocrystals: from asymmetrical growth to symmetry breaking

QN Nguyen, C Wang, Y Shang, A Janssen… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

Noble-metal based random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals: syntheses and applications

M Zhou, C Li, J Fang - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and crystal phase of random
alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals has been intensively explored in technologically …

Strain engineering in electrocatalysts: fundamentals, progress, and perspectives

X Yang, Y Wang, X Tong, N Yang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Strain engineering of nanomaterials, namely, designing, tuning, or controlling surface strains
of nanomaterials is an effective strategy to achieve outstanding performance in different …

Toward controllable and predictable synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanocrystals

YH Liu, CJ Hsieh, LC Hsu, KH Lin, YC Hsiao… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
High-entropy alloy (HEA) nanocrystals have attracted extensive attention in catalysis.
However, there are no effective strategies for synthesizing them in a controllable and …

Universal strategies to multi-dimensional noble-metal-based catalysts for electrocatalysis

F Gao, Y Zhang, Z Wu, H You, Y Du - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Multi-dimensional noble metal-based catalysts (including zero-dimensional (0D), one-
dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) catalysts, MNMCs) …

Alloy Nanocatalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction (ORR) and the Direct Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction (CO2RR)

C Kim, F Dionigi, V Beermann, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of the global energy challenge and progressing global climate change,
renewable energy systems and components, such as fuel cells and electrolyzers, which …

Recent advances in one-dimensional noble-metal-based catalysts with multiple structures for efficient fuel-cell electrocatalysis

Y Zhang, F Gao, H You, Z Li, B Zou, Y Du - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The noble-metal-based catalysts (NMBCs) have always been the promising catalytic
materials in fuel cell electrocatalysis. Among diversified NMBCs, one dimension (1D) …

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 …

Bimetallic Janus nanocrystals: syntheses and applications

J Qiu, QN Nguyen, Z Lyu, Q Wang, Y Xia - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bimetallic Janus nanocrystals have received considerable interest in recent years owing to
their unique properties and niche applications. The side‐by‐side distribution of two distinct …