The activation of O2 on metal surfaces is a critical process for heterogeneous catalysis and
materials oxidation. Fundamental studies of well-defined metal surfaces using a variety of …

Ruthenium is a chemical element that can easily adopt various formal oxidation states from−
II to+ VIII in chemical bonds,(1, 2) thus giving rise to many compounds with interesting and …

Improving the sluggish kinetics for the electrochemical reduction of water to molecular
hydrogen in alkaline environments is one key to reducing the high overpotentials and …

The metal–support interaction (MSI) plays an essential role in the catalysis by gold. We
summarized the support effect on the catalysis by gold in this review. According to the …

The development of non-noble metal catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation is a pivotal
subject in various disciplines. In this study, an optimized Mn-doped NiO catalyst (Mn-NiO …

This Review article provides a report on progress in the synthesis, properties and catalytic
applications of noble metal based composite nanomaterials. We begin with a brief …

Gold ([Xe] 4f 14 5d 10 6s 1) is one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science and
arts, and its renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications …

The development of surface science of solid metal surfaces during the last 50 years has
been intimately connected with heterogeneous catalysis and culminated in the Nobel prize …

It is vital to differentiate catalytic properties between cationic and metallic single atoms at the
atomic level. To achieve this, we fabricated well-defined cationic Ni atoms snugged in and …

The synergistic effect has endowed Au-contain nanohybrids outstanding catalytic
performance. However, it is difficult to introduce Au into Pt-M (M= Fe, Co, Ni etc) alloys owing …