Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Amorphous/crystalline heterostructure transition-metal-based catalysts for high-performance water splitting

Y Zhang, F Gao, D Wang, Z Li, X Wang, C Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rational phase engineering on transition-metal-based (TM-based) catalysts is an
efficient strategy to improve the catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Nanoarchitectonics of metallene materials for electrocatalysis

B Jiang, Y Guo, F Sun, S Wang, Y Kang, X Xu, J Zhao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the synthesis of metal nanostructures is one approach for catalyst engineering
and performance optimization in electrocatalysis. As an emerging class of unconventional …

Descriptors for the evaluation of electrocatalytic reactions: d‐band theory and beyond

S Jiao, X Fu, H Huang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Closing the carbon‐, hydrogen‐, and nitrogen cycle with renewable electricity holds
promises for the mitigation of the facing environment and energy crisis, along with the …

Reversible Al metal anodes enabled by amorphization for aqueous aluminum batteries

C Yan, C Lv, BE Jia, L Zhong, X Cao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aqueous aluminum metal batteries (AMBs) are regarded as one of the most sustainable
energy storage systems among post-lithium-ion candidates, which is attributable to their …

Strain and surface engineering of multicomponent metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases

Q Yao, Z Yu, L Li, X Huang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Multicomponent metallic nanomaterials with unconventional phases show great prospects in
electrochemical energy storage and conversion, owing to unique crystal structures and …

Preparation of Au@Pd Core–Shell Nanorods with fcc-2H-fcc Heterophase for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidation

X Zhou, Y Ma, Y Ge, S Zhu, Y Cui, B Chen… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Controlled construction of bimetallic nanostructures with a well-defined heterophase is of
great significance for develo** highly efficient nanocatalysts and investigating the …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Defect-rich low-crystalline Rh metallene for efficient chlorine-free H2 production by hydrazine-assisted seawater splitting

K Deng, Q Mao, W Wang, P Wang, Z Wang, Y Xu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seawater splitting is considered as a promising way to replace water splitting for H 2
production due to the enrichment of seawater resources. However, the development of this …

In situ reconstruction of partially hydroxylated porous Rh metallene for ethylene glycol‐assisted seawater splitting

Q Mao, K Deng, H Yu, Y Xu, Z Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Designing efficient and durable electrocatalysts for seawater electrolysis shows a great
research prospect, but it remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report the partially …