New Insights into Colloidal Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Energy-related Applications
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanostructured Catalysts".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 299
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Interests: nanomaterials; surface chemistry; self-assembly; in situ characterization
Interests: energy storage nanomaterials; functional materials; lithium-sulfur batteries; oxide negative electrodes; aqueous batteries
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Dear Colleagues,
Colloidal nanoparticles are promising catalysts used in a broad range of chemical reactions, thanks to the precise controllability over their shape, size, composition, shape, surface chemistry, and so on. For example, noble metal nanoparticles have been demonstrated as efficient catalysts towards exhaust gas treatment, chemical manufacturing, and electrocatalysis. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been devoted to designing the new generations of catalysts, with better atomic efficiency and low cost while maintaining high selectivity, catalytic performance, as well as good stability. A few strategies including changing the coordination environment of surface atoms, varying different alloy compositions, and manipulating surface strain have all been demonstrated as potential ways to improve the catalytic performance of colloidal catalysts. Other aspects of research are focused on replacing the high-cost elements in the current colloidal nanoparticles with cost-efficient materials.
In this Special Issue, Catalysts is dedicated to publishing original papers, communications, and review articles on colloidal nanoparticles as promising catalysts for energy-related applications, including novel synthetic recipes, insights into the growth mechanism, and demonstrations of new catalytic performances.
Dr. Shan Zhou
Prof. Dr. Hao Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- colloidal nanoparticles
- synthesis
- mechanistic understanding
- catalysis
