Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Metallenes as functional materials in electrocatalysis

P Prabhu, JM Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metallenes, atomically thin layers composed primarily of under-coordinated metal atoms,
have emerged as the newest members in the family of 2D nanomaterials. Furthermore, the …

A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation

AR Poerwoprajitno, L Gloag, J Watt, S Cheong, X Tan… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Single Pt atom catalysts are key targets because a high exposure of Pt substantially
enhances electrocatalytic activity. In addition, PtRu alloy nanoparticles are the most active …

Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

Z Li, Y Chen, S Ji, Y Tang, W Chen, A Li, J Zhao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts not only maximize metal atom efficiency, they also display properties
that are considerably different to their more conventional nanoparticle equivalents, making …

The critical impacts of ligands on heterogeneous nanocatalysis: A review

L Lu, S Zou, B Fang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Recommended practices and benchmark activity for hydrogen and oxygen electrocatalysis in water splitting and fuel cells

C Wei, RR Rao, J Peng, B Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical energy storage by making H2 an energy carrier from water splitting relies
on four elementary reactions, ie, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), hydrogen oxidation …

High-performance nanostructured palladium-based hydrogen sensors—current limitations and strategies for their mitigation

I Darmadi, FAA Nugroho, C Langhammer - ACS sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen gas is rapidly approaching a global breakthrough as a carbon-free energy vector.
In such a hydrogen economy, safety sensors for hydrogen leak detection will be an …

Ligand-free synthesis of noble metal nanocatalysts for electrocatalysis

L Lu, H Zheng, Y Li, Y Zhou, B Fang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Noble metal nanocatalysts have shown excellent activities for electrocatalysis. The
commonly used method to synthesize these nanocatalysts is the colloidal synthesis, during …

Tunable intrinsic strain in two-dimensional transition metal electrocatalysts

L Wang, Z Zeng, W Gao, T Maxson, D Raciti, M Giroux… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Tuning surface strain is a powerful strategy for tailoring the reactivity of metal catalysts.
Traditionally, surface strain is imposed by external stress from a heterogeneous substrate …

Surface composition dependent ligand effect in tuning the activity of nickel–copper bimetallic electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution in alkaline

C Wei, Y Sun, GG Scherer, AC Fisher… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exploring efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in
alkaline media is critical for developing anion exchange membrane electrolyzers. The key to …