The development of new catalyst materials for energy-efficient chemical synthesis is critical
as over 80% of industrial processes rely on catalysts, with many of the most energy-intensive …

Starting from the late seventies, the progressively increased availability of synchrotron light
sources allowed the execution of experiments requiring a high X-ray flux in a continuous …

Exciting new opportunities are emerging in the field of catalysis on the basis of the controlled
integration of ultrafine metal nanoparticles (UMNPs) and high-surface-area materials …

Although there are only a few known examples of supported single-atom catalysts, they are
unique because they bridge the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis …

Understanding the catalytic mechanism of bimetallic nanocatalysts remains challenging.
Here, we adopt an adsorbate mediated thermal reduction approach to yield monodispersed …

In this paper, more than 100 articles related to anode catalysts for the direct methanol fuel
cell (DMFC) are reviewed, mainly focusing on the three most active areas:(1) progress in …

Ethanol, with its high energy density, likely production from renewable sources and ease of
storage and transportation, is almost the ideal combustible for fuel cells wherein its chemical …

A catalytic site typically consists of one or more atoms of a catalyst surface that arrange into
a configuration offering a specific electronic structure for adsorbing or dissociating reactant …

In this report, we describe the use of several analytical techniques, including X-ray
absorption spectroscopy (XAS), electron microscopy, and electron diffraction, as tools for …

Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy has been used to study
short range order in heterometallic alloys for almost four decades. In this critical review …