Pt-based intermetallic compound catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: structural control at the atomic scale to achieve a win–win situation between catalytic …

J Wang, F Pan, W Chen, B Li, D Yang, P Ming… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
The development of ordered Pt-based intermetallic compounds is an effective way to
optimize the electronic characteristics of Pt and its disordered alloys, inhibit the loss of …

Strain engineering in alloy nanoparticles

D Nelli, C Roncaglia, C Minnai - Advances in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The deformation of interatomic distances with respect to those of the perfect crystal
generates atomic-level strain. In nanoalloys, strain can arise because of finite size …

Alloy vs. intermetallic compounds: Effect of the ordering on the electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction and the stability of low temperature fuel cell catalysts

E Antolini - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
The application of intermetallic compounds in heterogeneous catalysis had a significant
boost during the last decade. Notwithstanding the advantages related to the use of …

Core–shell vs. multi-shell formation in nanoalloy evolution from disordered configurations

D Nelli, R Ferrando - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The evolution towards equilibrium of AuCo, AgNi and AgCu nanoparticles is studied by
molecular dynamics simulations. Nanoparticle sizes of about 2.5 nm are considered, in the …

Restructuring effects of the chemical environment in metal nanocatalysis and single-atom catalysis

L Piccolo - Catalysis Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-based heterogeneous catalysts mostly consist of supported nanoparticles of a few
nanometers in size, since these objects provide a good compromise between exposed …

Strain-induced restructuring of the surface in core@ shell nanoalloys

E Panizon, R Ferrando - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A general trend towards surface reconstructions which eliminate open facets in favour of
close-packed facets is found for a wide class of A@ B nanoalloys with atomically thin shells …

Reversed size-dependent stabilization of ordered nanophases

J Pirart, A Front, D Rapetti… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The size increase of a nanoscale material is commonly associated with the increased
stability of its ordered phases. Here we give a counterexample to this trend by considering …

From metastability to equilibrium during the sequential growth of Co–Ag supported clusters: A real-time investigation

P Andreazza, A Lemoine, A Coati, D Nelli, R Ferrando… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic motions and morphological evolution of growing Co–Ag nanoparticles are followed
in situ and in real time, by wide and small angle X-ray scattering obtained simultaneously in …

Strategies to enhance the electrochemical performances of Pt-based intermetallic catalysts

J Zhang, L Zhang, Z Cui - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The need for improving the energy conversion efficiency of proton exchange membrane fuel
cells (PEMFCs) has motivated the development of advanced electrocatalysts with desirable …

Elucidating the restructuring-induced highly active bimetallic Pt–Co/KL catalyst for the aromatization of n-heptane

S Wang, D Xu, D Zhu, B Zhao, H Guan, Y Qin… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A bimetallic Pt–Co/KL catalyst was fabricated via the atomic layer deposition (ALD) method
and demonstrated to be highly active and stable for the aromatization of n-heptane at a low …