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 …

Amorphous/crystalline heterostructure transition-metal-based catalysts for high-performance water splitting

Y Zhang, F Gao, D Wang, Z Li, X Wang, C Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rational phase engineering on transition-metal-based (TM-based) catalysts is an
efficient strategy to improve the catalytic performance for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Orbital occupancy modulation to optimize intermediate absorption for efficient electrocatalysts in water electrolysis and zinc–ethanol–air battery

Y Ye, J Xu, X Li, Y Jian, F ** with superior durability for efficient electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation
Z Chen, F **g, M Luo, X Wu, H Fu, S **ao, B Yu… - Carbon …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Catalyst design relies heavily on electronic metal‐support interactions, but the metal‐
support interface with an uncontrollable electronic or coordination environment makes it …

Phase engineering of nanostructural metallic materials: Classification, structures, and applications

J Gu, F Duan, S Liu, W Cha, J Lu - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metallic materials are usually composed of single phase or multiple phases, which refers to
homogeneous regions with distinct types of the atom arrangement. The recent studies on …

RhCuBi Trimetallenes with Composition Segregation Coupled Crystalline‐Amorphous Heterostructure Toward Ethanol Electrooxidation

FM Li, C **a, W Fang, Y Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The inefficiency of Pt and Pd benchmark catalysts in achieving complete ethanol oxidation,
coupled with their inherent susceptibility to poisoning, poses a significant obstacle to the …

Interfacial engineering of platinum group metals electrocatalysts for advanced electrocatalysis

J Li, Y Xu, C Wang, Z Wu, Y Shiraishi, Y Du - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Interfacial engineering on platinum group metals (PGMs) nanostructures has been
intensively explored owing to the intriguing performance enhancement for electrocatalytic …