Toward active-site tailoring in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically precise metal nanoclusters with crystallographic structures

R Jin, G Li, S Sharma, Y Li, X Du - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis involves solid-state catalysts, among which metal nanoparticles
occupy an important position. Unfortunately, no two nanoparticles from conventional …

Roadmap and Direction toward High-Performance MoS2 Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

Y Cao - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
MoS2 intrinsically show Pt-like hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance. Pristine
MoS2 displayed low HER activity, which was caused by low quantities of catalytic sites and …

Layered double hydroxide-derived nanomaterials for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting: Recent progress and future perspective

A Hameed, M Batool, Z Liu, MA Nadeem… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have attracted intense interest in recent research and
hold promise in a vast range of applications. Because of the layered structure and diverse …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Atomic‐Level Design of Active Site on Two‐Dimensional MoS2 toward Efficient Hydrogen Evolution: Experiment, Theory, and Artificial Intelligence Modelling

C Sun, L Wang, W Zhao, L Xie, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atom‐economic catalysts open a new era of computationally driven atomistic design of
catalysts. Rationally manipulating the structures of the catalyst with atomic‐level precision …

Interfacial electronic modulation of Ni3S2 nanosheet arrays decorated with Au nanoparticles boosts overall water splitting

H Liu, J Cheng, W He, Y Li, J Mao, X Zheng… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationally design and exploration of bifunctional electrocatalysts with excellent performance
towards water splitting is significant for hydrogen energy economy. Herein, a novel Au/Ni 3 S …

Recent advances in synthesizing metal nanocluster-based nanocomposites for application in sensing, imaging and catalysis

L Shang, J Xu, GU Nienhaus - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are a type of ultrasmall nanomaterials with unique
physicochemical properties. Novel nanocomposites with exciting new and sometimes exotic …

Recent progress in noble metal nanocluster and single atom electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

J Cai, R Javed, D Ye, H Zhao, J Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen, a renewable and clean energy carrier, is the best alternative to fossil fuels.
Hydrogen evolution from water electrolysis using renewable electrical energy is quite …

Self-powered H2 production with bifunctional hydrazine as sole consumable

X Liu, J He, S Zhao, Y Liu, Z Zhao, J Luo, G Hu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Splitting hydrazine into H2 and N2 by electro-catalyzing hydrogen evolution and hydrazine
oxidation reactions is promising for replacing fossil energy with H2. However, current …

Thiolate‐protected metal nanoclusters: recent development in synthesis, understanding of reaction, and application in energy and environmental field

T Kawawaki, A Ebina, Y Hosokawa, S Ozaki, D Suzuki… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoclusters (NCs), which are composed of about 250 or fewer metal atoms, possess
great potential as novel functional materials. Fundamental research on metal NCs gradually …