Driven by the quest for future energy solution, faceted metal nanoparticles are being
pursued as the next generation electrocatalysts for renewable energy applications. Thanks …

Hydrogen production and storage as the core of novel hydrogen economy attract extensive
attentions in both industry and academia. Methanol‐involved hydrogen production has been …

PtRu bimetal is of particularly attractive in various electrocatalytic reactions owing to its
synergistic effect, ligand effect and strain effect. Here, PtRu nanoalloy supported on porous …

Most of the current electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction are precious group
metals such as Pt, Pd, and Ru. However, their use is limited due to their high cost, scarcity …

Nanomaterials with both one-dimensional structure and surface defect are attractive for
electrocatalysis owing to the increased atomic utilization and exposed high-energetic sites …

Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) interconnected metal alloy nanostructures possess
superior catalytic performance owing to their advantageous characteristics, including …

The electrochemical oxidation of methanol is a crucial catalytic reaction in direct methanol
fuel cells (DMFCs). Platinum (Pt) or Pt-alloy electrocatalysts have dominated the space …

Self-consistent periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to
explore the adsorption and reaction mechanisms of CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol via the …

Amongst promising available technologies enabling the transition to renewable energy
sources, electrochemical oxidation of alcohols, in a direct fuel cell or in an electrolysis …

In this work, we have performed density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate
the methanol electro-oxidation reaction (MOR) catalyzed by the Pt, PtCu alloy and Cu. The …