Nanoporous gold (NPG) is characterized by a bicontinuous network of nanometer-sized
metallic struts and interconnected pores formed spontaneously by oxidative dissolution of …

Carbon dioxide reduction is an essential component of many prospective technologies for
the renewable synthesis of carbon-containing fuels. Known catalysts for this reaction …

Uncovering new structure–activity relationships for metal nanoparticle (NP) electrocatalysts
is crucial for advancing many energy conversion technologies. Grain boundaries (GBs) …

Rapid, mass diagnosis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is critical to stop the
ongoing infection spread. The two standard screening methods to confirm the severe acute …

Gold inverse opal (Au-IO) thin films are active for CO2 reduction to CO with high efficiency at
modest overpotentials and high selectivity relative to hydrogen evolution. The specific …

CO2 reduction in aqueous electrolytes suffers efficiency losses because of the simultaneous
reduction of water to H2. We combine in situ surface-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy …

Enzymes feature the concerted operation of multiple components around an active site,
leading to exquisite catalytic specificity. Realizing such configurations on synthetic catalyst …

The advances in material science have led to the development of novel and various
materials as nanoparticles or thin films. Underpotential deposition (upd) of transition metals …

The ability to maintain high efficiencies while simultaneously tuning the selectivity of the
electrochemical reduction of CO2 (ERC) using low-cost electrodes has proven to be one of …

The sluggish water dissociation (Volmer step) is a rate-limiting step slowing down alkaline
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and therefore hinders the efficient industrial production …