First part of my research was to understand the facet-dependence, specifically (100) face of Cu nanomaterials in the selectivity of ethylene formation for CO2/CO reduction. …
Electrocatalysis, which uses electricity to initiate redox reactions, plays an important role in chemical research and chemical industry. In this dissertation, I will introduce how …
The development of nanomaterial synthesis has allowed precise control over their dimensions, structures, compositions, and surface features, which enables their great advances in catalytic applications. …
Using nanoparticles (NPs) as heterogeneous catalysts has attracted attention to catalyze chemical reactions under greener reaction conditions with renewable feedstocks. Palladium (Pd) has been essential …
The search for efficient catalysts is essential in promoting sustainable chemistry that features greener reaction conditions, lower energy consumption, and higher reaction efficiency. Nanoparticles are …
Over the past century, the massive consumption of the fossil fuels has caused dramatic increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration. And naturally caused a series …
The rational synthesis and tuning of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanocomposites plays pivotal role in broad applications of nanomaterials in various fields. The organic solution based …
Monodisperse FePt NPs are synthetically controlled from chemically disordered face centered cubic (fcc) structure to ordered face centered tetragonal (fct) structure. The NP’s electrocatalytic efficiency …
In the past two decades, the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) has been intensively explored for both fundamental scientific research and industrial applications. Different from …
The precise control on the size, shape, composition, crystal structure and surface features of well-defined nanomaterials have tremendously facilitated the development and discovery of novel …
Finding efficient catalysts is vital to developing new chemical/energy conversion processes with lower emissions and lower consumption. Nanoparticles are excellent candidates to be catalysts with …
