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 …

Insight into the design of defect electrocatalysts: from electronic structure to adsorption energy

C Xie, D Yan, W Chen, Y Zou, R Chen, S Zang, Y Wang… - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
The exploitation of highly efficient, low-cost, and stable electrocatalysts is a key issue of the
broad application of green electrocatalytic reactions and efficient energy devices. Recently …

Integrating interactive noble metal single-atom catalysts into transition metal oxide lattices

J Shan, C Ye, C Zhu, J Dong, W Xu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Noble metals have broad prospects for catalytic applications yet are restricted to a few
packing modes with limited structural flexibility. Here, we achieved geometric structure …

Defect chemistry in heterogeneous catalysis: recognition, understanding, and utilization

C Xie, D Yan, H Li, S Du, W Chen, Y Wang, Y Zou… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis plays an important role in modern industry. Exploring catalysts with
high efficiency, low-cost, and high stability is an important issue for the research of …

Toward Excellence in Photocathode Engineering for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction: Design Rationales and Current Progress

LK Putri, BJ Ng, WJ Ong, SP Chai… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (PEC CO2RR) is a promising technology
which offers the possibility of a carbon‐neutral solar fuel production via artificial …

Recent advances in catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

X Zhao, M Yin, L Ma, L Liang, C Liu, J Liao… - Energy & …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few decades, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have been intensively
developed as clean and high-efficiency energy conversion devices. However, their …

Metallic nanocages: synthesis of bimetallic Pt–Pd hollow nanoparticles with dendritic shells by selective chemical etching

L Wang, Y Yamauchi - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a facile synthesis of Pt–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles, named “metallic nanocages”,
with a hollow interior and porous dendritic shell. This synthesis is easily achieved by …

[PDF][PDF] Performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells at ultra-low platinum loadings

J Wang, W Ding, Z Wei - Acta Phys Chim Sin, 2021 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) generate electricity from hydrogen,
powering a range of applications while emitting nothing but water. Therefore, PEMFCs are …

Structure sensitivity and nanoscale effects in electrocatalysis

MTM Koper - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the role of the detailed nanoscale structure of catalytic surfaces on the
activity of various electrocatalytic reactions of importance for fuel cells, hydrogen production …

Noble‐metal nanocrystals with concave surfaces: synthesis and applications

H Zhang, M Jin, Y Xia - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanocrystals with concave surfaces are interesting for a wide variety of applications
that are related to catalysis, plasmonics, and surface‐enhanced spectroscopy. This interest …