Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets

  • Geng Wu,
  • Xusheng Zheng,
  • Peixin Cui,
  • Hongyu Jiang,
  • Xiaoqian Wang,
  • Yunteng Qu,
  • Wenxing Chen,
  • Yue Lin,
  • Hai Li,
  • Xiao Han,
  • Yanmin Hu,
  • Peigen Liu,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Jingjie Ge,
  • Yancai Yao,
  • Rongbo Sun,
  • Yuen Wu,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Xun Hong,
  • Yadong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12859-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While noble metal usage in catalysis is ubiquitous, the metals’ scarcity necessitates new materials designs for efficient utilization. Here, authors report a general strategy to prepare amorphous noble metal nanosheets and find the nanomaterials to act as efficient water-splitting electrocatalysts.