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 …

Recent advances in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution using nanoparticles

J Zhu, L Hu, P Zhao, LYS Lee, KY Wong - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen fuel is considered as the cleanest renewable resource and the primary alternative
to fossil fuels for future energy supply. Sustainable hydrogen generation is the major …

Structural design and electronic modulation of transition‐metal‐carbide electrocatalysts toward efficient hydrogen evolution

Q Gao, W Zhang, Z Shi, L Yang, Y Tang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As the key of hydrogen economy, electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs)
depend on the availability of cost‐efficient electrocatalysts. Over the past years, there is a …

Atomic/molecular layer deposition for energy storage and conversion

Y Zhao, L Zhang, J Liu, K Adair, F Zhao… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Energy storage and conversion systems, including batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells,
solar cells, and photoelectrochemical water splitting, have played vital roles in the reduction …

Applications of MOFs: Recent advances in photocatalytic hydrogen production from water

Y Shi, AF Yang, CS Cao, B Zhao - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Owing to the structural controllability, pore modification and unique semiconductor property
of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the investigation on MOFs as efficient photocatalysts …

Noble metal-free hydrogen evolution catalysts for water splitting

X Zou, Y Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable hydrogen production is an essential prerequisite of a future hydrogen economy.
Water electrolysis driven by renewable resource-derived electricity and direct solar-to …

Self-assembly of noble metal monolayers on transition metal carbide nanoparticle catalysts

ST Hunt, M Milina, AC Alba-Rubio, CH Hendon… - Science, 2016 - science.org
We demonstrated the self-assembly of transition metal carbide nanoparticles coated with
atomically thin noble metal monolayers by carburizing mixtures of noble metal salts and …

Fe‐Doped Ni3C Nanodots in N‐Doped Carbon Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen‐Evolution and Oxygen‐Evolution Electrocatalysis

H Fan, H Yu, Y Zhang, Y Zheng, Y Luo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Uniform Ni3C nanodots dispersed in ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets were
successfully prepared by carburization of the two dimensional (2D) nickel cyanide …

Three-Dimensional Crystalline/Amorphous Co/Co3O4 Core/Shell Nanosheets as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

X Yan, L Tian, M He, X Chen - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Earth-abundant, low-cost electrocatalysts with outstanding catalytic activity in the
electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are critical in realizing the hydrogen …

Recent developments in transition metal carbides and nitrides as hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts

WF Chen, JT Muckerman, E Fujita - Chemical communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of hydrogen by the electrolysis of water, a sustainable and greenhouse-gas-
free source, requires an efficient and abundant electrocatalyst that minimizes energy …