Metal nanoparticles have received intense scientific attention in the field of catalysis. Precise
engineering of nanomaterials' size, shape and surface composition, including adsorbed …

Environmental pollution is a significant cause of disease throughout the globe, but the
dangers are disproportionately greater in developing nations due to poverty, a lack of …

Colloidal platinum nanoparticles are obtained via a surfactant-free polyol process in alkaline
ethylene glycol. In this popular synthesis, ethylene glycol functions as solvent and reducing …

The electrical performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell is limited by the slow
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics. Catalytic improvements for the ORR have been …

Platinum (Pt) is one of the most studied materials in catalysis today and considered for a
wide range of applications: chemical synthesis, energy conversion, air treatment, water …

Colloidal syntheses of nanomaterials offer multiple benefits to study, understand, and
optimize unsupported and supported catalysts. In particular, colloidal syntheses are relevant …

Correlating the catalyst activity, selectivity, and stability with its structure and composition is
of the utmost importance in advancing the knowledge of heterogeneous electrocatalytic …

Thermoelectric technology requires synthesizing complex materials where not only the
crystal structure but also other structural features such as defects, grain size and orientation …

Exclusive Pt species supported on inert substrates have not achieved satisfactory
performance for cryogenic CO oxidation because of the constraint of the competitive …

State-of-the-art production of industrial hydrogen predominantly derives from the reforming
of hydrocarbons. However, the unavoidable∼ 1% CO in this hydrogen resource usually …