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

R **, 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 …

Develo** sustainable, high-performance perovskites in photocatalysis: design strategies and applications

H Mai, D Chen, Y Tachibana, H Suzuki, R Abe… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is attractive because it is free, renewable, abundant and sustainable.
Photocatalysis is one of the feasible routes to utilize solar energy for the degradation of …

Perovskite oxide based materials for energy and environment-oriented photocatalysis

A Kumar, A Kumar, V Krishnan - Acs catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of solar energy to catalyze the photo-driven processes has attracted tremendous
attention from the scientific community because of its great potential to address energy and …

Conversion of carbon dioxide into fuels—A review

CG Okoye-Chine, K Otun, N Shiba, C Rashama… - Journal of CO2 …, 2022 - Elsevier
The continuous rise in the quantity of CO 2 emissions in the atmosphere and the threat it
poses to humankind and its environment are issues of great concern to everyone in the …

A review of state of the art in phosphine ligated gold clusters and application in catalysis

RH Adnan, JML Madridejos, AS Alotabi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold clusters are highly desirable due to their well‐defined structure
which allows the study of structure–property relationships. In addition, they have potential in …

Shining photocatalysis by gold-based nanomaterials

H Zhu, X Yuan, Q Yao, J **e - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
As an environmentally friendly technology, photocatalysis has been widely used in many
fields. Currently, the drawbacks of pristine semiconductors as traditional photocatalysts …

Emerging photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

S Cao, L Piao, X Chen - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Hydrogen evolution via solar-driven photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) is considered an
important strategy for facilitating clean global energy and overcoming the severe …

Atomically precise thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters: current advances in solar-powered photoredox catalysis

H Liang, Q Chen, QL Mo, Y Wu, FX **ao - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis has been regarded as an emerging technology to convert renewable solar
energy to chemical fuels, providing unprecedented opportunities for solving the deteriorating …

Creation of High‐Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster

T Kawawaki, Y Kataoka, M Hirata… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the creation of new heterogeneous catalysts using the unique electronic/geometric
structures of small metal nanoclusters (NCs) has received considerable attention. However …

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 …