Nanomaterials of high surface energy with exceptional properties in catalysis and energy storage

Platinum Concave Nanocubes with High-Index Facets and Their Enhanced Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2011) Taekyung Yu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synergistic Effect of Ag and Pd Ions on Shape-Selective Growth of Polyhedral Au Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets

(2011) Toan Trong Tran et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

In Situ Studies of Chemistry and Structure of Materials in Reactive Environments

(2011) F. Tao et al.   SCIENCE

High-Surface Step Density on Dendritic Pd Leads to Exceptional Catalytic Activity for Formic Acid Oxidation

(2010) S. Patra et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Palladium Nanocrystals

(2010) Wenxin Niu et al.   ACS Nano

Syntheses and Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Crystallites with High-Energy Surfaces

(2010) Zhi-Yuan Jiang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Morphology-Controlled Synthesis of Platinum Nanocrystals with Specific Peptides

(2010) Yujing Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Crystal Habit-Tuned Nanoplate Material of Li[Li1/3-2x/3NixMn2/3-x/3]O2 for High-Rate Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2010) Guo-Zhen Wei et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The Crystalline Structure of Gold Nanorods Revisited: Evidence for Higher-Index Lateral Facets

(2010) Enrique Carbó-Argibay et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Low-Symmetry Iron Oxide Nanocrystals Bound by High-Index Facets

(2010) Jingzhou Yin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of tetrahexahedral Au nanocrystals with exposed high-index surfaces

(2010) Jing Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Higher charge/discharge rates of lithium-ions across engineered TiO2 surfaces leads to enhanced battery performance

(2010) Cheng Hua Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Anatase TiO2 single crystals with exposed {001} and {110} facets: facile synthesis and enhanced photocatalysis

(2010) Min Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Tetragonal faceted-nanorods of anatase TiO2 single crystals with a large percentage of active {100} facets

(2010) Jianming Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Anatase TiO2 microspheres with exposed mirror-like plane {001} facets for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

(2010) Haimin Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Platinum-Based Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

(2010) Aicheng Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Magnetic-Field-Induced Variation of Surface Energy of Co3O4 Crystal Faces

(2010) Mingsheng Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Structural Effects of Fe3O4 Nanocrystals on Peroxidase-Like Activity

(2010) Shanhu Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Reactivity of Gold Nanobelts with Unique {110} Facets

(2010) Ying Chen et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Synthesis of Tetrahexahedral Gold Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets

(2010) Do Youb Kim et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

A new shape of gold nanocrystals: singly twinned squashed dodecahedron

(2010) Dawei Wang et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitric oxide on Pt nanocrystals of different shape in sulfuric acid solutions

(2010) Qian Cheng et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Seed-Mediated Synthesis of Monodisperse Concave Trisoctahedral Gold Nanocrystals with Controllable Sizes

(2010) Yue Yu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Polyhedral 50-Facet Cu2O Microcrystals Partially Enclosed by {311} High-Index Planes: Synthesis and Enhanced Catalytic CO Oxidation Activity

(2010) Mei Leng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Constructing Hierarchical Spheres from Large Ultrathin Anatase TiO2Nanosheets with Nearly 100% Exposed (001) Facets for Fast Reversible Lithium Storage

(2010) Jun Song Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tunable Photocatalytic Selectivity of Hollow TiO2Microspheres Composed of Anatase Polyhedra with Exposed {001} Facets

(2010) Shengwei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Electrodeposition of Tetrahexahedral Pd Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets and High Catalytic Activity for Ethanol Electrooxidation

(2010) Na Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Nanocrystals with Variable High-Index Pd Facets through the Controlled Heteroepitaxial Growth of Trisoctahedral Au Templates

(2010) Yue Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Concave Cubic Gold Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets

(2010) Jian Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Au Nanocube-Directed Fabrication of Au−Pd Core−Shell Nanocrystals with Tetrahexahedral, Concave Octahedral, and Octahedral Structures and Their Electrocatalytic Activity

(2010) Chun-Lun Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heteroepitaxial Growth of High-Index-Faceted Palladium Nanoshells and Their Catalytic Performance

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Polycrystalline TiO[sub 2] Anatase with a Large Proportion of Crystal Facets (001): Lithium Insertion Electrochemistry

(2010) Milan Bousa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Twenty Second Synthesis of Pd Nanourchins with High Electrochemical Activity through an Electrochemical Route

(2010) Youxing Fang et al.   LANGMUIR

Controlling the Morphology of Rhodium Nanocrystals by Manipulating the Growth Kinetics with a Syringe Pump

(2010) Hui Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Shape control of CoO and LiCoO2 nanocrystals

(2010) Dingsheng Wang et al.   Nano Research

Flower-like TiO2 nanostructures with exposed {001} facets: Facile synthesis and enhanced photocatalysis

(2010) Min Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Ultrafast Growth of Highly Branched Palladium Nanostructures for Catalysis

(2009) John Watt et al.   ACS Nano

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Branched Palladium Nanostructures

(2009) John Watt et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

High-Index Faceted Platinum Nanocrystals Supported on Carbon Black as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Ethanol Electrooxidation

(2009) Zhi-You Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Tin Dioxide Octahedral Nanoparticles with Exposed High-Energy {221} Facets and Enhanced Gas-Sensing Properties

(2009) Xiguang Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrochemical preparation of Pd nanorods with high-index facets

(2009) Na Tian et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A molecular dynamics study of shape transformation and melting of tetrahexahedral platinum nanoparticle

(2009) Yu-Hua Wen et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Highly Efficient Photocatalyst: TiO2Microspheres Produced from TiO2Nanosheets with a High Percentage of Reactive {001} Facets

(2009) Zhaoke Zheng et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Evolution of gold nanoparticles through Catalan, Archimedean, and Platonic solids

(2009) Do Youb Kim et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Boron-Doped Palladium Nanoparticles on Carbon Black as a Superior Catalyst for Formic Acid Electro-oxidation

(2009) Jin-Yi Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Surface Phase Diagram and Oxygen Coupling Kinetics on Flat and Stepped Pt Surfaces under Electrochemical Potentials

(2009) Ya-Hui Fang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Enhanced Photoactivity of Oxygen-Deficient Anatase TiO2 Sheets with Dominant {001} Facets

(2009) Gang Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Polyhedral Au Nanocrystals Exclusively Bound by {110} Facets: The Rhombic Dodecahedron

(2009) Gyoung Hwa Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tuning the Shape and Catalytic Activity of Fe Nanocrystals from Rhombic Dodecahedra and Tetragonal Bipyramids to Cubes by Electrochemistry

(2009) Yan-Xin Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sub-10 nm Platinum Nanocrystals with Size and Shape Control: Catalytic Study for Ethylene and Pyrrole Hydrogenation

(2009) Chia-Kuang Tsung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Growth of Tetrahexahedral Gold Nanocrystals with High-Index Facets

(2009) Tian Ming et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solvothermal Synthesis and Photoreactivity of Anatase TiO2Nanosheets with Dominant {001} Facets

(2009) Hua Gui Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Formation of Concave Tetrahedral/Trigonal Bipyramidal Palladium Nanocrystals

(2009) Xiaoqing Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Titania Nanosheets with a High Percentage of Exposed (001) Facets and Related Photocatalytic Properties

(2009) Xiguang Han et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Anatase TiO2Nanocrystals with Exposed {001} Facets

(2009) Yunqian Dai et al.   NANO LETTERS

Battery materials for ultrafast charging and discharging

(2009) Byoungwoo Kang et al.   NATURE

Complementary Structure Sensitive and Insensitive Catalytic Relationships

(2008) Rutger A. Van Santen   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Deep Eutectic Solvents for Studies of Structure-Functionality Relationships in Electrocatalysis

(2008) Hong-Gang Liao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Trisoctahedral Gold Nanocrystals with Exposed High-Index Facets by a Facile Chemical Method

(2008) Yanyun Ma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics?

(2008) Younan Xia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Controllable Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Fe3O4Polyhedra Possessing the Active Basal Facets

(2008) B. Y. Geng et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Syntheses of Nano/Submicrostructured Metal Oxides with All Polar Surfaces Exposed via a Molten Salt Route

(2008) Tao Xu et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Electrochemical preparation of iron cuboid nanoparticles and their catalytic properties for nitrite reduction

(2008) Yan-Xin Chen et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Nanoparticlecatalysts with high energy surfaces and enhanced activity synthesized by electrochemical method

(2008) Zhi-You Zhou et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Fabrication of single crystalline gold nanobelts

(2008) Ying Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Surface Stability of Platinum Nanoparticles Surrounded by High-Index Facets

(2008) Fei Ma et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Platinum Metal Catalysts of High-Index Surfaces: From Single-Crystal Planes to Electrochemically Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles

(2008) Na Tian et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Pyramidal Lead Sulfide Crystallites With High Energy {113} Facets

(2008) Dongbo Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nonaqueous Production of Nanostructured Anatase with High-Energy Facets

(2008) Binghui Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Activating Pd by Morphology Tailoring for Oxygen Reduction

(2008) Li Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Synthesis of Single-Crystalline Rhombic Dodecahedral, Octahedral, and Cubic Gold Nanocrystals

(2008) Wenxin Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Designer platinum nanoparticles: Control of shape, composition in alloy, nanostructure and electrocatalytic property

(2008) Zhenmeng Peng et al.   Nano Today

Shape-controlled synthesis of platinum nanocrystals for catalytic and electrocatalytic applications

(2008) Jingyi Chen et al.   Nano Today

Anatase TiO2 single crystals with a large percentage of reactive facets

(2008) Hua Gui Yang et al.   NATURE

Effect of particle size and surface structure on adsorption of O and OH on platinum nanoparticles: A first-principles study

(2008) B. C. Han et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Molecular dynamics investigation of shape effects on thermal characteristics of platinum nanoparticles

(2008) Yuhua Wen et al.   PHYSICS LETTERS A

Shape Control of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals

(2008) Andrea R. Tao et al.   Small