The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Heterointerface engineering in electromagnetic absorbers: new insights and opportunities

L Liang, W Gu, Y Wu, B Zhang, G Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electromagnetic (EM) absorbers play an increasingly essential role in the electronic
information age, even toward the coming “intelligent era”. The remarkable merits of …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Emerging organic surface chemistry for Si anodes in lithium‐ion batteries: advances, prospects, and beyond

Z Chen, A Soltani, Y Chen, Q Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to its uniquely high specific capacity and natural abundance, silicon (Si) anode for
lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) has reaped intensive research from both academic and industrial …

Antiperovskite electrolytes for solid-state batteries

W Xia, Y Zhao, F Zhao, K Adair, R Zhao, S Li… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solid-state batteries have fascinated the research community over the past decade, largely
due to their improved safety properties and potential for high-energy density. Searching for …

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 …

Synergizing metal–support interactions and spatial confinement boosts dynamics of atomic nickel for hydrogenations

J Gu, M Jian, L Huang, Z Sun, A Li, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts maximize atom efficiency and display unique catalytic
properties compared with regular metal nanoparticles. However, achieving high reactivity …

Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation

D Zhao, Z Zhuang, X Cao, C Zhang, Q Peng… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis plays a central role in clean energy conversion, enabling a number of
processes for future sustainable technologies. Atomic site electrocatalysts (ASCs), including …

Supported metal clusters: fabrication and application in heterogeneous catalysis

C Dong, Y Li, D Cheng, M Zhang, J Liu, YG Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Different from isolated metal atoms and large metal nanoparticles (NPs), supported metal
clusters (SMCs) possess distinct geometric and electronic structures and thus exhibit …

Metal nanoparticles synthesis: An overview on methods of preparation, advantages and disadvantages, and applications

PG Jamkhande, NW Ghule, AH Bamer… - Journal of drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Unforeseen changes in surface properties because of particle size have made nanoparticles
very popular in the field of material science. Decrease in particle size to nano-size …