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Our latest exciting research in @chemicalscience.rsc.org, led by @cardiffuni.bsky.social and featuring work from @uonnmrc.bsky.social reveals the importance of atomic-level control over the structure of a catalyst, showcasing the highest methanol productivity from CO2 to date doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

Direct Formation of the Atomic Pd-ZnO Interface by Magnetron Sputtering Primed for Methanol Production from CO2 Carbon dioxide is not only a greenhouse gas but also a valuable feedstock for producing chemicals and fuels, especially methanol, which serves as an energy storage medium and a precursor for olefins a...

Our latest work explores the formation of Pd nanoclusters on zinc oxide for hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, without the need for pretreatments such as sublimation, and achieving higher methanol yield and selectivity vs other preparation methods. doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

The latest MASI publication reveals how we modify our support surfaces to ensure no atoms of precious metals go to waste www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/shepher...

Flexible Selenium Nanowires with Tuneable Electronic Bandgaps Nanotubes serve as effective test tubes for selenium nanowires, as their diameter precisely controls the width of the nanowires and the Se─Se bonding, resulting in a variety of different structures. ...

We have two new papers showcasing our exciting work this week! First is in Advanced Materials investigating tuneable bandgaps in selenium nanowires doi.org/10.1002/adma... and the second is in Materials Advances looking at electrodeposition to create heterojunctions doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

Novel Fabrication and Characterization of a Bespoke Ultralow Loading Platinum Nanocluster on Carbon Black Catalyst Magnetron sputtering offers a single-step, flexible, and environmentally friendly fabrication route to catalyst production, avoiding the requirement for complex syntheses or toxic chemicals normally required for more traditional wet chemical techniques. Using this facile method, a nanocluster platinum-on-carbon black catalyst is fabricated, rigorously characterized physically and electrochemically, and compared to a well-understood commercial catalyst (TKK). Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) imaging reveals a mean cluster size of 1.1 ± 0.4 nm, half the commercial equivalent, with an associated electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of 122.2 ± 9.6 m2 g–1, 40% higher than the commercial comparison. Catalytic performance is measured using the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); results indicate a turnover frequency (TOF) 33 times higher than the commercial analogue in the HER and distinct kinetic differences between samples in the ORR. Rotating ring disc electrode voltammetry (RRDE) is utilized to study the mechanism further, and a discussion of activity vs size of particle is presented.

Our latest research has now been published in @pubs.acs.org's J Phys Chem C: Novel Fabrication and Characterization of a Bespoke Ultralow Loading Platinum Nanocluster on Carbon Black Catalyst pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

New publication alert! www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/nanosca... Our latest research investigates turning CO2 into formate using tin on naotextured carbon fibres, leading to performance improvements over time: doi.org/10.1021/acsa... @uonresearch.bsky.social

MASI's latest exciting publication has been covered in Chemistry World!

Electron microscopy reveals how ruthenium reordering boosts hydrogen production from ammonia Self-improvement process sees ruthenium clusters transition from amorphous shapes to truncated nanopyramids

During an ammonia cracking reaction, a ruthenium catalyst undergoes structural changes that, thanks to scanning transmission electron microscopy, we now understand.
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