Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Palladium-based alloy materials as cathodes for the reduction of oxygen are regarded as
potential substitutes for platinum-based catalysts in fuel cells. In this work, we present a …

Despite the dedicated search for novel catalysts for fuel cell applications, the intrinsic
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of materials has not improved significantly over the …

Electrocatalytic water splitting is one of the most promising sustainable energy conversion
technologies, but is limited by the sluggish electrochemical reactions. Inorganic …

Achieving high activity and long-term stability is a major challenge in the design of catalysts.
In particular, the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media, which plays a key role in …

Developing highly efficient catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is key to the
fabrication of commercially viable fuel cell devices and metal–air batteries for future energy …

Core–shell nanoparticles (CSNs) are a class of nanostructured materials that have recently
received increased attention owing to their interesting properties and broad range of …

Controlling nanoparticle (NP) surface strain, ie compression (or stretch) of surface atoms, is
an important approach to tune NP surface chemistry and to optimize NP catalysis for …

Formic acid (HCOOH) has great potential as an in situ source of hydrogen for fuel cells,
because it offers high energy density, is non-toxic and can be safely handled in aqueous …

We demonstrate that the reduction of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol by NaBH4 is catalyzed
by both monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs). We also demonstrate a …