All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Aqueous Zn-ion batteries have attracted increasing research interest; however, the
development of these batteries has been hindered by several challenges, including dendrite …

Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Copper has been recognized as the only heterogeneous catalyst leading to the formation of
various products of hydrocarbons and oxygenates, such as ethanol and ethylene, from the …

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 …

Green synthesis approaches are gaining significance as promising routes for the
sustainable preparation of nanoparticles, offering reduced toxicity towards living organisms …

Strain has been shown to modulate the electronic structure of noble metal nanomaterials
and alter their catalytic performances. Since strain is spatially dependent, it is challenging to …

Controlling the synthesis of metal nanostructures is one approach for catalyst engineering
and performance optimization in electrocatalysis. As an emerging class of unconventional …

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are attracting intensive attention due to their broad
compositional tunability and interesting catalytic properties. However, precisely shaping the …