Atomic‐scale structure dynamics of nanocrystals revealed by in situ and environmental transmission electron microscopy

H Zhao, Y Zhu, H Ye, Y He, H Li, Y Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystals are of great importance in material sciences and industry. Engineering
nanocrystals with desired structures and properties is no doubt one of the most important …

Atomic-scale evidence of catalyst evolution for the structure-controlled growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes

X Zhao, S Sun, F Yang, Y Li - Accounts of chemical research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Knowing how nanomaterials nucleate and dynamically evolve at the nanoscale
is crucial to understanding and in turn controlling the structure and properties of a wide …

An in situ exploration of how Fe/N/C oxygen reduction catalysts evolve during synthesis under pyrolytic conditions

S Yin, H Yi, M Liu, J Yang, S Yang, BW Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In pursuing cheap and effective oxygen reduction catalysts, the Fe/N/C system emerges as a
promising candidate. Nevertheless, the structural transformations of starting materials into …

Unveiling Atomic-Scaled Local Chemical Order of High-Entropy Intermetallic Catalyst for Alkyl-Substitution-Dependent Alkyne Semihydrogenation

H Liu, Y Zhang, L Zhang, X Mu, L Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
High-entropy intermetallic (HEI) nanocrystals, composed of multiple elements with an
ordered structure, are of immense interest in heterogeneous catalysis due to their unique …

Growth modes of single-walled carbon nanotubes on catalysts

F Yang, H Zhao, R Li, Q Liu, X Zhang, X Bai… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Understanding the growth mechanism of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and
achieving selective growth requires insights into the catalyst structure-function relationship …

Kinetic diffusion–controlled synthesis of twinned intermetallic nanocrystals for CO-resistant catalysis

K Wang, L Wang, Z Yao, L Zhang, L Zhang, X Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Intermetallic catalysts are of immense interest, but how heterometals diffuse and related
interface structure remain unclear when there exists a strong metal-support interaction …

Using In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study Strong Metal‐Support Interactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis

J Dai, Y Sun, Z Liu, Y Zhang, S Duan… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precisely controlling the microstructure of supported metal catalysts and regulating metal‐
support interactions at the atomic level are essential for achieving highly efficient …

Atomic origins of the strong metal–support interaction in silica supported catalysts

F Yang, H Zhao, W Wang, L Wang, L Zhang, T Liu… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Silica supported metal catalysts are most widely used in the modern chemical industry
because of the high stability and tunable reactivity. The strong metal–support interaction …

Light alloying element-regulated noble metal catalysts for energy-related applications

H Chen, B Zhang, X Liang, X Zou - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Noble metals have been widely used as heterogeneous catalysts because they exhibit high
activity and selectivity for many reactions of both academic and industrial interest. The …

Direct Visualization of the Evolution of a Single‐Atomic Cobalt Catalyst from Melting Nanoparticles with Carbon Dissolution

L Zhang, Y Li, L Zhang, K Wang, Y Li, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are of immense interest, but how exactly they
are evolved upon pyrolysis of the corresponding precursors remains unclear as transition …