Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Hydrogen society: From present to future

D Guan, B Wang, J Zhang, R Shi, K Jiao, L Li… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen energy is an important cornerstone for realizing net-zero and sustainable
development plans. The successful construction of a hydrogen society requires …

High Durability of Fe–N–C Single‐Atom Catalysts with Carbon Vacancies toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

Unraveling the electronegativity-dominated intermediate adsorption on high-entropy alloy electrocatalysts

J Hao, Z Zhuang, K Cao, G Gao, C Wang, F Lai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High-entropy alloys have received considerable attention in the field of catalysis due to their
exceptional properties. However, few studies hitherto focus on the origin of their outstanding …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

BH Lee, H Shin, AS Rasouli, H Choubisa, P Ou… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Two-electron oxygen reduction offers a route to H2O2 that is potentially cost-effective and
less energy-intensive than the industrial anthraquinone process. However, the catalytic …

Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells

F **ao, Q Wang, GL Xu, X Qin, I Hwang, CJ Sun… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity without
emissions. The high cost and low durability of Pt-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen …

Graphene-nanopocket-encaged PtCo nanocatalysts for highly durable fuel cell operation under demanding ultralow-Pt-loading conditions

Z Zhao, Z Liu, A Zhang, X Yan, W Xue, B Peng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as an attractive clean power source can
promise a carbon-neutral future, but the widespread adoption of PEMFCs requires a …

Catalysis of alloys: classification, principles, and design for a variety of materials and reactions

Y Nakaya, S Furukawa - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …