Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

SACs on Non‐Carbon Substrates: Can They Outperform for Water Splitting?

T Sun, W Zang, J Sun, C Li, J Fan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐carbon‐supported single‐atom electrocatalysts (SACs) have attracted tremendous
research interest for water splitting, owning to their remarkable differences in bond and …

Mesoporous amorphous non-noble metals as versatile substrates for high loading and uniform dispersion of Pt-group single atoms

Y Kang, S Li, O Cretu, K Kimoto, Y Zhao, L Zhu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Atomically dispersed Pt-group metals are promising as nanocatalysts because of their
unique geometric structures and ultrahigh atomic utilization. However, loading isolated Pt …

Hydrogenated borophene enabled synthesis of multielement intermetallic catalysts

X Zeng, Y Jing, S Gao, W Zhang, Y Zhang, H Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Supported metal catalysts often suffer from rapid degradation under harsh conditions due to
material failure and weak metal-support interaction. Here we propose using reductive …

Ultrahigh mass activity Pt entities consisting of Pt single atoms, clusters, and nanoparticles for improved hydrogen evolution reaction

Z Zeng, S Küspert, SE Balaghi, HEM Hussein, N Ortlieb… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum is one of the best‐performing catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).
However, high cost and scarcity severely hinder the large‐scale application of Pt …

Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Promoted by Short Pathway-Hydrogen Spillover Over P-Doped Pt3Co

C Li, C Tian, H Tang, M Liu, L Zheng, F Huang… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing highly active electrocatalysts for operating at industrial current density with a low
overpotential still remains a major challenge. Herein, we developed a strategy of short …

Regulating the interfacial electronic coupling of PtNi/TiO2 via bond evolution for highly efficient hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

E Cui, Q Li, X Wang, N Xu, F Zhang, G Hou… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in the aqueous
solution to form 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF) is an environmentally friendly method to …

2D MXene/MBene Superlattice with Narrow Bandgap as Superior Electrocatalyst for High‐Performance Lithium–Oxygen Battery

P Liu, H Xu, X Wang, G Tian, X Yu, C Wang, C Zeng… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Lithium–oxygen (Li–O2) battery with large theoretical energy density (≈ 3500 Wh
kg− 1) is one of the most promising energy storage and conversion systems. However, the …

Low-valent cation doping and leaching to construct single-atom Cu decorated Cu-ZnIn2S4 with multiple defects for boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution

X Wang, T Shi, X Wang, G Li, L Wang, J Huang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is a promising means to enhance photocatalytic activity by ions doping, single-atom
decoration, and vacancies introducing, yet a simple approach to realize their simultaneous …

Realization of Au81Pd2Pt9-S8B4. 6A3. 4 aerogels as superior catalysts toward HER and ORR by synergism of coarse and fine tuning d-band center of Pt

Y Fan, X Zhang, M Zhang, X Yue, W Du… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the as-prepared Au 81 Pd 2 Pt 9-S 8 B4. 6A3. 4 aerogels are composed of cores
(Au) and alloyed shells (Pd, Pt, Pd 2.8 S, PtS and Pd (II)-Pt (II) S 2). Thanks to the synergistic …