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 …

Fundamental understanding of structural reconstruction behaviors in oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts

H Zhong, Q Zhang, J Yu, X Zhang, C Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal‐based oxyhydroxides (MOOH) derived from the irreversible structural
reconstruction of precatalysts are often acknowledged as the real catalytic species for the …

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic splitting of water holds great promise as a sustainable and
environmentally friendly technology for hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics …

Toward electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction: longstanding debates and emerging catalysts

J Wang, B Zhang, W Guo, L Wang, J Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The study of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) has lasted around 70 years, since the first
investigation in the early 1950s. Though enormous effort has been devoted in this field, it is …

Atomically dispersed materials: Ideal catalysts in atomic era

T Gan, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Catalysts can accelerate the chemical reaction rate and effectively promote the molecules
transformation, which is of great significance in the research of chemical industry and …

Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W **g, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X **ong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction

T Wang, L Tao, X Zhu, C Chen, W Chen, S Du… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hydrogen production through water electrolysis is of considerable interest for converting the
intermittent electricity generated by renewable energy sources into storable chemical …

Ultrahigh stable methanol oxidation enabled by a high hydroxyl concentration on Pt clusters/MXene interfaces

J Zhu, L **a, R Yu, R Lu, J Li, R He, Y Wu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Anchoring platinum catalysts on appropriate supports, eg, MXenes, is a feasible pathway to
achieve a desirable anode for direct methanol fuel cells. The authentic performance of Pt is …

Amorphous nickel hydroxide shell tailors local chemical environment on platinum surface for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

C Wan, Z Zhang, J Dong, M Xu, H Pu, D Baumann… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
In analogy to natural enzymes, an elaborated design of catalytic systems with a specifically
tailored local chemical environment could substantially improve reaction kinetics, effectively …