Eliška Mikmeková

TL;DR: The synthesis of cobalt-embedded nitrogen-rich carbon nanotubes (NRCNTs) that can efficiently electrocatalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with activities close to that of Pt and function well under acidic, neutral or basic media alike, allowing them to be coupled with the best available oxygen-evolving catalysts.

TL;DR: Bulk gold has long been considered too inert to be a catalyst until the discovery that Au nanoparticles supported on metal oxides such as TiO 2, CeO 2 and Fe 2 O 3 could be very active for CO oxidation.

TL;DR: It is reported that yeast cells can be thermally transformed into hollow, core-shell heteroatom-doped carbon microparticles that can effectively electrocatalyze the oxygen reduction and hydrazine oxidation reactions, reactions that are highly pertinent to fuel cells or renewable energy applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attributed the catalytic activity of the materials to the heteroatom dopants and defect sites in the materials, which form during carbonization due to the [C4mim][CH3SO3] placed around the cellulose nanowhiskers.

TL;DR: A mesoporous TiO2-x material comprised of small, crystalline, vacancy-rich anatase nanoparticles (NPs) shows unique optical, thermal, and electronic properties.