Surface and interface control in nanoparticle catalysis

C **e, Z Niu, D Kim, M Li, P Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Theory-guided electrocatalyst engineering: From mechanism analysis to structural design

M Zhang, K Zhang, X Ai, X Liang, Q Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of competent electrocatalysts is a key issue of the broad application of many
promising electrochemical processes, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the …

Mastering the surface strain of platinum catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis

T He, W Wang, F Shi, X Yang, X Li, J Wu, Y Yin, M ** - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) has found wide use as an electrocatalyst for sustainable energy conversion
systems,–. The activity of Pt is controlled by its electronic structure (typically, the d-band …

Interfacial engineering of platinum group metals electrocatalysts for advanced electrocatalysis

J Li, Y Xu, C Wang, Z Wu, Y Shiraishi, Y Du - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial engineering on platinum group metals (PGMs) nanostructures has been
intensively explored owing to the intriguing performance enhancement for electrocatalytic …

Metal catalysts for heterogeneous catalysis: from single atoms to nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show
different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown …

Recent progress in high entropy alloys for electrocatalysts

K Wang, J Huang, H Chen, Y Wang, W Yan… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2022 - Springer
High entropy alloys (HEAs), which can incorporate five or more constituents into a single
phase stably, have received considerable attention in recent years. The …

Strain-controlled electrocatalysis on multimetallic nanomaterials

M Luo, S Guo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Electrocatalysis is crucial for the development of clean and renewable energy technologies,
which may reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Multimetallic nanomaterials serve as state-of …

Enhancing oxygen reduction activity of Pt‐based electrocatalysts: from theoretical mechanisms to practical methods

Z Ma, ZP Cano, A Yu, Z Chen, G Jiang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pt‐based electrocatalysts are considered as one of the most promising choices to facilitate
the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and the key factor enabling their success is to reduce …

Bimetallic nanocrystals: syntheses, properties, and applications

KD Gilroy, A Ruditskiy, HC Peng, D Qin, Y **a - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Achieving mastery over the synthesis of metal nanocrystals has emerged as one of the
foremost scientific endeavors in recent years. This intense interest stems from the fact that …

The priority and challenge of high-power performance of low-platinum proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

A Kongkanand, MF Mathias - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Substantial progress has been made in reducing proton-exchange membrane fuel cell
(PEMFC) cathode platinum loadings from 0.4–0.8 mgPt/cm2 to about 0.1 mgPt/cm2 …