Ahmed O. Elnabawy

TL;DR: A large-scale synthesis of free-standing Bismuthene is shown and its electrocatalytic activity for CO 2 reduction to formate is demonstrated, suggesting that selective formation of HCOO − indeed can proceed easily on BismUThene (111) facet due to the unique compressive strain.

TL;DR: The synthesis of Pt-Ag alloy nanocages with an outer edge length of 18 nm and a wall thickness of about 3 nm is reported, which could be readily prepared in one step through the galvanic replacement reaction between Ag nanocubes and a Pt(II) precursor.

TL;DR: Self-consistent density functional theory calculations indicate that these unique fcc-structured Ru nanocages might possess promising catalytic properties for ammonia synthesis compared to hcp Ru(0001), on the basis of strengthened binding of atomic N and substantially reduced activation energies for N2 dissociation, which is the rate-determining step for ammonia synthesisation on hCP Ru catalysts.

TL;DR: Mononuclear gold oxo-clusters formed in alkaline solutions through a facile one-pot synthesis are shown to catalyse the heterogeneous methanol self-coupling reaction to methyl formate and hydrogen, showing intrinsic activity is the same for both supported and unsupported gold catalysts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the successful synthesis of Ru icosahedral nanocages with a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure by conformally coating Pd seeds with ultrathin Ru shells, followed by selective removal of the Pd cores via chemical etching.