A highly reactive and enhanced thermal stability nanocomposite catalyst based on Pt nanoparticles assembled in the inner surface of mesoporous SiO2 spherical shell

Bringing attention to metal (un)availability in encapsulated catalysts

The encapsulation method significantly affects the shell porosity, the availability of active sites and the catalytic behavior of Pd@SiO₂ materials in methane combustion.

A novel thermal exfoliation strategy for the fabrication of high-quality Ag/TiO2 nanosnowman nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic properties

A novel thermal exfoliation strategy has been proposed to synthesize high-quality Ag/TiO₂ head–body nanosnowman nanoparticles (AgTiNPs, with the head and body being single Ag and TiO₂ nanoparticles, respectively).

A novel strategy to fabricate a hierarchical Ni–Al LDH platinum nanocatalyst with enhanced thermal stability

A novel strategy has been proposed to fabricate a hierarchical Ni–Al LDH platinum nanocatalyst (LDH-Pt).

The facile ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of hollow and porous platinum nanotubes with enhanced catalytic performances

A facile one-pot synthetic method was developed to synthesize hollow and porous Pt nanotubes (Pt-HPNTs) using silica nanorods as a template, ionic liquid as a precipitator and reductant, and in situ generated KCl as an etching agent.

Synthesis and characterization of a multifunctional nanocatalyst based on a novel type of binary-metal-oxide-coated Fe3O4–Au nanoparticle

A novel type of binary-metal-oxide-coated Au nanocatalyst, including a mixed oxide layer, a moveable magnetic Fe₃O₄ core and some Au NPs of 2–5 nm, has been synthesized successfully by a facile hydrothermal synthesis method.

Self-assembly of hollow spherical nanocatalysts with encapsulated Pt NPs and the effect of Ce-dipping on catalytic activity

This article reports a facile and controllable one-step method to construct Pt@hollow mesoporous SiO₂ (Pt@HMSiO₂) nanoparticles (NPs).

Multifunctional hollow polydopamine-based composites (Fe3O4/PDA@Ag) for efficient degradation of organic dyes

As a newly appeared biomimetic platform and universal surface modification agent, polydopamine (PDA) has been paid great attention recently.