Atomic distance engineering in metal catalysts to regulate catalytic performance

R Li, J Zhao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is very important to understand the structure–performance relationship of metal catalysts
by adjusting the microstructure of catalysts at the atomic scale. The atomic distance has an …

Recent progress in intermetallic nanocrystals for electrocatalysis: From binary to ternary to high‐entropy intermetallics

J Liu, C Lee, Y Hu, Z Liang, R Ji, XYD Soo, Q Zhu… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing sustainable and clean energy‐conversion techniques is one of the strategies to
simultaneously meet the global energy demand, save fossil fuels and protect the …

Catalytic pyrolysis of fatty acids and oils into liquid biofuels and chemicals over supported Ni catalysts on biomass-derived carbon

B Chen, Z Zhou, Y Li, KB Tan, Y Wang, X Rao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, biomass-derived activated carbon (bio-AC) was synthesized using rice husk as a
biotemplate and natural carbon source. After immobilization of Ni, the supported Ni/bio-AC …

Construction of ordered atomic donor–acceptor architectures in bcc IrGa intermetallic compounds toward highly electroactive and stable overall water splitting

H Zhang, P Shi, X Ma, C Ma, S Han… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Benefiting from ordered atomic structures and strong d‐orbital interactions, intermetallic
compounds (IMCs) are promising electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) …

Intermetallic Palladium–Zinc Nanoparticles for the Ultraselective Hydrogenative Rearrangement of Furan Compounds

L Zhang, Y Zhong, J Wang, Z Zeng, S Deng… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The tandem hydrogenative rearrangement of furan aldehydes/ketones into cyclopentanones
is crucial for synthesizing biobased fine chemicals but remains challenging because of the …

Coupling PtZn intermetallic and atomically dispersed cobalt towards efficient and stable oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

L Zhao, X Qi, T Yang, P Xiong, X Niu, J Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
PtZn is a promising catalyst candidate for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) due to its low
intermetallic formation energy and high potential stability under reaction conditions …

Enhancing hydrodeoxygenation-isomerization of FAME over M-SAPO-11 in one-step process: Effect of in-situ isomorphic substitution of transition metals and synergy …

X Li, Q Fan, Y Wu, X Lin, S Ma, S Li, Y Ye… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green biodiesel, a clean and renewable fuel, is often encouraged to use as the substitute for
fossil fuel. Herein, a new strategy of in-situ isomorphic substitution of Al from SAPO-11 was …

Construction of N, O co-doped carbon anchored with Co nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for furfural hydrodeoxygenation in ethanol

H Yang, H Chen, W Zhou, H Fan, C Chen, Y Sun… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrodeoxygenation of furfural (FF) into 2-methylfuran (MF) is a significant biomass
utilization route. However, designing efficient and stable non-noble metal catalyst is still a …

Memory-dictated dynamics of single-atom Pt on CeO2 for CO oxidation

Z Zhang, J Tian, Y Lu, S Yang, D Jiang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Single atoms of platinum group metals on CeO2 represent a potential approach to lower
precious metal requirements for automobile exhaust treatment catalysts. Here we show the …

Atomically dispersed ruthenium sites with electron-rich environments in intermetallic compounds for high-current-density hydrogen evolution

H Zhang, C Cheng, J Zhou, C Ma, P Shi… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Industrial electrocatalytic hydrogen production puts forward high requirements for catalysts.
Compared to the traditional disordered alloy electrocatalysts, intermetallic compounds …