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 …

Recent progress of composite polyethylene separators for lithium/sodium batteries

DMD Babiker, ZR Usha, C Wan, MMEL Hassaan… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microporous membrane separators (MMS) are at the heart of rechargeable lithium/sodium
ion batteries (LIBs/NIBs) because they prevent short circuits and serve as a channel for ion …

Catalyst overcoating engineering towards high-performance electrocatalysis

Q Liu, M Ranocchiari, JA van Bokhoven - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Clean and sustainable energy needs the development of advanced heterogeneous
catalysts as they are of vital importance for electrochemical transformation reactions in …

Heterointerface engineering for enhancing the electrochemical performance of solid oxide cells

C Zhao, Y Li, W Zhang, Y Zheng, X Lou, B Yu… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid oxide cells (SOCs) have the potential to be the most efficient energy storage and
conversion systems. To minimize energy loss due to charge and mass transport associated …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic layer deposition and other thin film deposition techniques: from principles to film properties

JA Oke, TC Jen - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin film is a modern technology aimed at improving the structural, electrical, magnetic,
optical, and mechanical properties of bulk materials. This technology has so far found …

Nanoparticles: Synthesis, characteristics, and applications in analytical and other sciences

M Sajid, J Płotka-Wasylka - Microchemical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) are widely employed in different research areas, ranging from
analytical chemistry and environmental science to medicine, the agriculture and …

Water treatment based on atomically engineered materials: Atomic layer deposition and beyond

X Yang, ABF Martinson, JW Elam, L Shao, SB Darling - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
Global water stress and challenges for producing sufficient supplies of fit-for-purpose water
are amplifying. Atomically engineered interfaces are emerging as a powerful tool in the …

Unravelling the synergy in platinum-nickel bimetal catalysts designed by atomic layer deposition for efficient hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane

J Zhang, X Zheng, W Yu, X Feng, Y Qin - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bimetal catalysis has been one of the major categories in heterogeneous catalysis field, and
the efficient and durable catalysts can be well achieved by the bimetal synergy. Herein we …

Origin of synergistic effects in bicomponent cobalt oxide-platinum catalysts for selective hydrogenation reaction

J Zhang, Z Gao, S Wang, G Wang, X Gao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The synergistic nature of bicomponent catalysts remains a challenging issue, due to the
difficulty in constructing well-defined catalytic systems. Here we study the origin of …

An overview of molecular layer deposition for organic and organic–inorganic hybrid materials: mechanisms, growth characteristics, and promising applications

X Meng - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
It has been a strong desire for researchers to control material growth at the molecular and
atomic levels. Molecular and atomic layer deposition (MLD and ALD) are two such …