The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Despite substantial progress in the development of wearable and flexible monitoring
systems that conform to the epidermis, most designs focus on either physiological signs …

Steam methane reforming is a common commercial technology for practical H 2 production.
The steam methane reforming process is numerically studied in this work. The key …

Bimetallic PtNi-decorated graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) nanotubes were prepared
through calcining the mixture of urea and thiourea in the presence of Pluronic F127 …

Exploitation of highly active catalysts for alcohol electrooxidation is urgent for direct alcohol
fuel cells (DAFCs). In this research, a facile and mild synthetic approach is utilized to control …

Methane dehydrogenation is a well-studied reaction that is of both scientific and industrial
importance. We performed systematic density functional theory computations to examine the …

A one-pot thermos-reduction strategy is developed to prepare ultrafine PtNi alloy
nanoparticles (NPs), which are uniformly deposited onto reduced graphene oxides (RGOs) …

Co–Ni alloy nanoparticles, a potential candidate for microwave absorption material, were
successfully synthesized by tuning the reduction timing of Co and Ni ions by introducing …

A key challenge in nanotechnology is the rational design of multicomponent materials that
beat the properties of their elemental counterparts. At the same time, when considering the …

Single crystalline noble metal nanocages are the most promising candidates for
heterogeneous catalysis due to their large specific surface area, well-defined structure and …