Li-S batteries are regarded as promising energy storage devices for future electric vehicles
(EVs) due to the advantages of high energy density and low cost. However, their practical …

Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

The atomic dispersing of metal atoms supported on an optimal substrate exhibits an ideal
strategy for maximizing metal utilization for catalysis, which is particularly significant for …

Thiolate-protected noble metal (eg, Au and Ag) nanoclusters (NCs) are ultra-small particles
with a core size of less than 3 nm. Due to the strong quantum confinement effects and …

Despite being increasingly used as artificial enzymes, little has been known for the origin of
the pH-switchable peroxidase-like and catalase-like activities of metals. Using calculations …

Abstract Ultrasmall (< 2 nm) ligand-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been an
emerging class of functional materials with rich coordination chemistry, finding increasing …

The development of carbon materials offers the hope for obtaining inexpensive and high‐
performance alternatives to substitute noble‐metal catalysts for their sustainable application …

Inspired by the recently discovered highly active CO oxidation catalyst Pt1/FeO x [Qiao, B.;
Wang, A.; Yang, X.; Allard, LF; Jiang, Z.; Cui, Y.; Liu, J.; Li, J.; Zhang, T. Nat. Chem. 2011, 3 …

Three-dimensional bimetallic nanoframes with high spatial diffusivity and surface
heterogeneity possess remarkable catalytic activities owing to their highly exposed active …

The CO oxidation behaviors on single Au atom embedded in two-dimensional h-BN
monolayer are investigated on the basis of first-principles calculations, quantum Born …