The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes, despite being isolated and characterized three decades ago, still
capture scientists' interest as versatile, modular and strongly coordinating moieties. In the …

The exploitation of highly efficient carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) electrocatalyst for
methane (CH4) electrosynthesis has attracted great attention for the intermittent renewable …

The employment of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to design luminescent metal
compounds has been the focus of recent intense investigations because of the strong σ …

Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) powered by renewable energy is an
attractive sustainable approach to mitigate CO2 emissions and to produce fuels or value …

Heterogeneous catalysts represent the backbone of many industrial processes and thus
have a considerable societal impact. The active sites of these heterogeneous catalysts are …

Atomically precise hydrido gold nanoclusters are extremely rare but interesting due to their
potential applications in catalysis. By optimization of molecular precursors, we have …

Free N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are generally prepared by treatment of imidazolium
precursors with strong alkali reagents, which usually produces inactive NHC dimers. This …

The complexity of heterogeneous metal catalysts makes it challenging to gain insights into
their catalytic mechanisms. Thus, there exists a huge gap between heterogeneous catalysis …