Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts

L Gloag, SV Somerville, JJ Gooding… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are advantageous because every active atom is exposed at
the surface, ensuring maximum utilization of catalytically active metals. To optimize the …

Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Urea: An In‐depth Investigation from Material Modification to Mechanism Analysis

J Cao, F Zhao, C Li, Q Zhao, L Gao, T Ma, H Xu, X Ren… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Industrial urea synthesis production uses NH3 from the Haber‐Bosch method, followed by
the reaction of NH3 with CO2, which is an energy‐consuming technique. More thorough …

Three-dimensional nanoscale metal, metal oxide, and semiconductor frameworks through DNA-programmable assembly and templating

A Michelson, A Subramanian, K Kisslinger… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Controlling the three-dimensional (3D) nanoarchitecture of inorganic materials is imperative
for enabling their novel mechanical, optical, and electronic properties. Here, by exploiting …

Controlling Platinum Active Sites on Silver Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

K Mariandry, R Kokate, SV Somerville… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Growing Pt on Ag nanoparticles is a promising approach to forming catalysts that present
active sites with both Pt and Ag available to improve the activity for the hydrogen evolution …

Enhancing the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) via Metallic Cobalt in Au–Co Nanoparticles

M Cavallo, ZR Ramadhan, SV Somerville… - The Journal of …, 2025 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), derived from biomass,
offers a sustainable route to valuable chemicals like 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid, used for the …

The mechanism of water oxidation using transition metal-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts

S Yang, X Liu, S Li, W Yuan, L Yang, T Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The water oxidation reaction, a crucial process for solar energy conversion, has garnered
significant research attention. Achieving efficient energy conversion requires the …

Tuning the Pt–Ru atomic neighbors for active and stable methanol oxidation electrocatalysis

AR Poerwoprajitno, Q Li, S Cheong, L Gloag… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the coordination environment of the nanocatalyst surface is a major synthetic
challenge to producing electrocatalysts with high activity and high stability. This is …

Modified electronic structure and enhanced hydroxyl adsorption make quaternary Pt-based nanosheets efficient anode electrocatalysts for formic acid–/alcohol–air …

F Zhao, Q Yuan, S Nie, L Wu, X Wang - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Surface/interface engineering of a multimetallic nanostructure with diverse electrocatalytic
properties for direct liquid fuel cells is desirable yet challenging. Herein, using visible light, a …

Understanding the Role of Small Platinum Island Size on Crystalline Nickel Nanoparticles in Enhancing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

K Mariandry, S Cheong, L Gloag… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of Pt on Ni nanoparticles is critical for the improvement of water splitting
reactions. Here, the growth of small, below 2 nm Pt islands on crystalline branched Ni …

The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

HE Roman, F Cesura, R Maryam, I Levchenko… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Using three common polymeric materials (polypropylene (PP), polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE) and polycaprolactone (PCL)), a standard oxygen-plasma treatment and atomic force …