Layer-structured anisotropic metal chalcogenides: recent advances in synthesis, modulation, and applications

A Giri, G Park, U Jeong - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The unique electronic and catalytic properties emerging from low symmetry anisotropic (1D
and 2D) metal chalcogenides (MCs) have generated tremendous interest for use in next …

Rich landscape of colloidal semiconductor–metal hybrid nanostructures: synthesis, synergetic characteristics, and emerging applications

Y Ben-Shahar, D Stone, U Banin - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanochemistry provides powerful synthetic tools allowing one to combine different materials
on a single nanostructure, thus unfolding numerous possibilities to tailor their properties …

Design principles of colloidal nanorod heterostructures

GA Drake, LP Keating, M Shim - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Anisotropic heterostructures of colloidal nanocrystals embed size-, shape-, and composition-
dependent electronic structure within variable three-dimensional morphology, enabling …

Simultaneous H2 fuel evolution and value-added organic transformation from a one-dimensional noble-metal-free photocatalyst with spatially separated catalytic sites

Y Chen, H Xie, M Ma, Z Xing - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2024 - Elsevier
Replacing the sluggish O 2-producing half-reaction with value-added organic oxidations in
water photolysis systems is deemed more practical to generate H 2 fuels. While loading of …

Maneuvering tellurium chemistry to design metal–telluride heterostructures for diverse applications

S Sen, S Bera, N Pradhan - Chemistry of Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heterostructures of metal chalcogenides have attracted immense attention due to their
enhanced charge transport, synergistic optoelectronic and catalytic properties. While …

Synergistic Electric Metal (Ni SAs)‐Semiconductor (CdS NPs) Interaction for Improved H2O‐to‐H2 Conversion Performance under Simulated Sunlight

W Li, Y Dang, T Ma, J Li, G Liao, F Gao, W Duan… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom (SA) cocatalysis has obvious superiority in promoting solar‐to‐chemical energy
conversion. However, easy aggregation of SAs is very unfavorable to its catalysis for high …

Au/MoS2 tips as auxiliary rate aligners for the photocatalytic generation of syngas with a tunable composition

X Hu, J Jin, Y Wang, C Lin, S Wan, K Zhang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthesis gas (syngas), with a wide range of molar ratios of CO and H 2 from 0.3 to 4, can
serve as an important feedstock in the petroleum industry for the production of various …

Cation Exchange between CdSe Nanocrystals and Pd2+ Cations in Different Solvent Environments toward Phase-Dependent Ethanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis

Z Hu, Y Zhang, L Xu, J Zhong, H Liu, S Tian… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cation-exchange strategy has shown great potential to create a large variety of
inorganic nanostructures. We herein report the cation-exchange reactions between CdSe …

Shape tunability of copper nanocrystals deposited on nanorods

Y Chen, L Amirav - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The significant role of metal particle geometry in dictating catalytic activity, selectivity, and
stability is well established in heterocatalysis. However, this topic is rarely explored in …

Semiconductor‐Metal Hybrid Nanoparticle‐Based Hydrogels: Efficient Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

J Schlenkrich, D Pluta, RT Graf… - Advanced Materials …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In semiconductor‐metal hybrid nanoparticles, excited charge carriers can be separated
efficiently by transferring the electron to the metal, because the Fermi level is located within …