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Electrocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen is a promising route to provide green hydrogen on a large scale. To explore non-noble metal electrocatalysts with high performance is still a challenge. Her...
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Electrochemical-leaching route for the size-controllable synthesis of copper-based oxygen reduction reaction catalysts: From nanoparticles to atomic clusters and single atoms
Size-controllable synthesis of non-noble metal particles ranging from nanometer to subnanometer and atomic level is of great significance for demonstrating the size effects of metallic catalysts towards oxygen...
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Platinum single atom catalysts for hydrogen isotope separation during hydrogen evolution reaction
Electrolysis of water is widely used for hydrogen isotope separation and the development of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts with high selectivity and activity is of key importance. Herein, we propo...
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Cathodic corrosion as a facile and universal method for the preparation of supported metal single atoms
Top-down strategy has been generally adopted for preparation of metal single atom catalysts (SACs) due to the simplified synthetic process, metal economics, and scalability characteristics. Herein, we propose ...
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Open AccessMechanism of surface uranium hydride formation during corrosion of uranium
Uranium is widely used in the nuclear industry and it is well known that uranium hydride, UH3, forms when uranium is exposed to air. The associated volume change during this transition can cause the surface regio...
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Open AccessOne-dimensional Growth of Zinc Crystals on a Liquid Surface
The catalyst-free growth of nanocrystals on various substrates at room temperature has been a long-standing goal in the development of material science. We report the growth of one-dimensional zinc nanocrystal...
