Encapsulated metal nanoparticles for catalysis

C Gao, F Lyu, Y Yin - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal nanoparticles have drawn great attention in heterogeneous catalysis. One challenge
is that they are easily deactivated by migration-coalescence during the catalysis process …

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 …

Dynamic Evolution of Active Sites in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction: Fundamental Understanding and Recent Progress

W Lai, Z Ma, J Zhang, Y Yuan, Y Qiao… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing the development of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to address
the environmental issues caused by excessive consumption of fossil fuels requires rational …

Multiple twin boundary‐regulated metastable Pd for ethanol oxidation reaction

C Liu, Y Shen, J Zhang, G Li, X Zheng… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abundant surface structural defects can endow electrocatalysts with extraordinary physical
and chemical characteristics. Herein, metastable Pd nanoparticles (NPs) with abundant twin …

One-dimensional metal nanostructures: from colloidal syntheses to applications

D Huo, MJ Kim, Z Lyu, Y Shi, BJ Wiley, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review offers a comprehensive review of the colloidal synthesis, mechanistic
understanding, physicochemical properties, and applications of one-dimensional (1D) metal …

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 …

Atomic arrangement engineering of metallic nanocrystals for energy-conversion electrocatalysis

J Liang, F Ma, S Hwang, X Wang, J Sokolowski, Q Li… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Well-defined metallic nanocrystals (NCs) have been explored as effective electrocatalysts
for energy conversion and storage technologies (eg, fuel cell or water splitting). It is …

Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Pd–Cu Janus Nanocrystals with Enriched Surface Structures and Enhanced Catalytic Activities toward CO2 Reduction

Z Lyu, S Zhu, L Xu, Z Chen, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic nanocrystals often outperform their monometallic counterparts in catalysis as a
result of the electronic coupling and geometric effect arising from two different metals. Here …

Evoking ordered vacancies in metallic nanostructures toward a vacated Barlow packing for high-performance hydrogen evolution

Z Zhang, G Liu, X Cui, Y Gong, D Yi, Q Zhang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Metallic nanostructures are commonly densely packed into a few packing variants with
slightly different atomic packing factors. The structural aspects and physicochemical …