A review on amorphous noble-metal-based electrocatalysts for fuel cells: Synthesis, characterization, performance, and future perspective

Particle formation mechanisms supported by in situ synchrotron XAFS and SAXS studies: a review of metal, metal-oxide, semiconductor and selected other nanoparticle formation reactions

“…[119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127] Amorphous nanoparticles are of interest due to their applications in catalysis, optics, magnetism, bioactivity, electrochemistry, and nanocomposites. [128][129][130][131][132][133][134] In particular, there are cases within the water oxidation catalysis literature where the amorphous materials have produced superior catalytic activity to their crystalline counterparts. 135,136 For the formation of amorphous nanoparticles, there are a limited number of studies that use synchrotron XAFS or SAXS techniques to investigate the local structural changes of what are typically amorphous nanoparticles at least initially.…”

Progress and Perspective of Metallic Glasses for Energy Conversion and Storage

“…[16] Unlike the topdown processes, most of the bottom-up synthesis of NMG is not limited by the fast-cooling processes. [36,44] For instance, in addition to the common metal precursors and reducing agent, doping of phosphorus or boron is critical to obtain NMG in [48] Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH. b) TEM of IrTe 4 nanorods.…”

“…It can be utilized to obtain the information of the bonding distances, number and types of the neighboring atoms around the center atom, which is meaningful for the analysis of the microstructure of MGs. [16,44]…”

Recent development and challenges in fuel cells and water electrolyzer reactions: an overview

“…These catalysts are unique with many interesting properties such as defects due to long-range disordered lattice, defects-created low-coordination active sites, which have been reported to increase the catalytic activity. 81,82 In addition, the synergistic effects of doping and alloying elements also contribute to higher catalytic activity.…”