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 …

Carbon nitride based materials: more than just a support for single-atom catalysis

GFSR Rocha, MAR da Silva, A Rogolino… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, the missing link between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis has been
found and it was named single-atom catalysis (SAC). However, the SAC field still faces …

[HTML][HTML] Subnanometric Ru clusters with upshifted D band center improve performance for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Q Hu, K Gao, X Wang, H Zheng, J Cao, L Mi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Subnanometric metal clusters usually have unique electronic structures and may display
electrocatalytic performance distinctive from single atoms (SAs) and larger nanoparticles …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the role of interfacial water and key intermediates at ruthenium surfaces in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

X Chen, XT Wang, JB Le, SM Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ruthenium exhibits comparable or even better alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction activity
than platinum, however, the mechanistic aspects are yet to be settled, which are elucidated …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X Xiong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

Atomically dispersed materials: Ideal catalysts in atomic era

T Gan, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Catalysts can accelerate the chemical reaction rate and effectively promote the molecules
transformation, which is of great significance in the research of chemical industry and …

Reversed spillover effect activated by Pt atom dimers boosts alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Z Lin, Z Wang, J Gong, T Jin, S Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen spillover effect has garnered considerable attention as a promising avenue to
enhance the activity of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in metal‐support compound …

[HTML][HTML] Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

T Zhang, J Jin, J Chen, Y Fang, X Han, J Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developing active single-atom-catalyst (SAC) for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) is a promising solution to lower the green hydrogen cost. However, the correlations …

Current and future trends for spinel-type electrocatalysts in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction

H Xu, J Yuan, G He, H Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabricating advanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts is of vital significance for
the effectiveness of water splitting. Endowed with high catalytic performance toward OER …