High-entropy nanoparticles: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and data-driven discovery

Y Yao, Q Dong, A Brozena, J Luo, J Miao, M Chi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
High-entropy nanoparticles have become a rapidly growing area of research in recent years.
Because of their multielemental compositions and unique high-entropy mixing states (ie …

In Situ/Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

J Timoshenko, B Roldan Cuenya - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an
indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts …

A high-entropy atomic environment converts inactive to active sites for electrocatalysis

H Zhu, S Sun, J Hao, Z Zhuang, S Zhang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
To understand the mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by high-entropy-alloy (HEA)
electrocatalysts, it has become increasingly crucial to investigate the chemical nature of the …

Atomically precise alloy nanoclusters: syntheses, structures, and properties

X Kang, Y Li, M Zhu, R ** - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal nanoclusters fill the gap between discrete atoms and plasmonic nanoparticles,
providing unique opportunities for investigating the quantum effects and precise structure …

Carbothermal shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles

Y Yao, Z Huang, P **e, SD Lacey, RJ Jacob, H **e… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The controllable incorporation of multiple immiscible elements into a single nanoparticle
merits untold scientific and technological potential, yet remains a challenge using …

Fast site-to-site electron transfer of high-entropy alloy nanocatalyst driving redox electrocatalysis

H Li, Y Han, H Zhao, W Qi, D Zhang, Y Yu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Designing electrocatalysts with high-performance for both reduction and oxidation reactions
faces severe challenges. Here, the uniform and ultrasmall (~ 3.4 nm) high-entropy alloys …

Tailoring the photoluminescence of atomically precise nanoclusters

X Kang, M Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their atomically precise structures and intriguing chemical/physical properties, metal
nanoclusters are an emerging class of modular nanomaterials. Photo-luminescence (PL) is …

High-entropy alloys: emerging materials for advanced functional applications

X Wang, W Guo, Y Fu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Accompanied by enhancements in the ability to fabricate materials for humans, alloy-based
materials have advanced from binary alloy systems to complicated compositions along with …

Noble-metal high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles: atomic-level insight into the electronic structure

D Wu, K Kusada, Y Nanba, M Koyama… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The compositional space of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles (HEA NPs) significantly
expands the diversity of the materials library. Every atom in HEA NPs has a different …

Chemical and Structural Evolution of AgCu Catalysts in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

PC Chen, C Chen, Y Yang, AL Maulana… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silver–copper (AgCu) bimetallic catalysts hold great potential for electrochemical carbon
dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), which is a promising way to realize the goal of carbon …