Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Controlling the synthesis of metal nanostructures is one approach for catalyst engineering
and performance optimization in electrocatalysis. As an emerging class of unconventional …

Monolayer materials are endowed with an additional degree of freedom to modulate
electronic structures and catalytic performances. Here, we report a direct synthesis of …

Strain has been shown to modulate the electronic structure of noble metal nanomaterials
and alter their catalytic performances. Since strain is spatially dependent, it is challenging to …

Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as promising candidates for
energy and catalysis applications due to their unique physical, chemical, and electronic …

Metallenes, atomically thin layers composed primarily of under-coordinated metal atoms,
have emerged as the newest members in the family of 2D nanomaterials. Furthermore, the …

The exploration of efficient electrocatalysts for energy conversion is important for green
energy development. Owing to their high surface areas and unusual electronic structure, 2D …

The successful synthesis of noble-metal nanocrystals with controlled shapes offers many
opportunities to not only maneuver their physicochemical properties but also optimize their …

Atomic defects, being the most prevalent zero-dimensional topological defects, are
ubiquitous in a wide range of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). They could be …

Metallic nanostructures with low dimensionality (one-dimension and two-dimension)
possess unique structural characteristics and distinctive electronic and physicochemical …