Back Cover: Freeze–Thaw‐Promoted Fabrication of Clean and Hierarchically Structured Noble‐Metal Aerogels for Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 21/2020)

Abstract

Noble metal aerogels were crafted by harmonizing freeze–thaw and freeze‐casting methods, as described by R. Du, A. Eychmüller, and co‐workers in their Research Article on page 8293. Because of the intrinsic properties of nanostructured noble metals as well as the ice‐templating effect, the resulting metal aerogels show impressive electrocatalytic and photo‐electrocatalytic performance towards ethanol oxidation.

Immobilizing Enzymes on Noble Metal Hydrogel Nanozymes with Synergistically Enhanced Peroxidase Activity for Ultrasensitive Immunoassays by Cascade Signal Amplification

“…Noble metal hydrogels, emerging porous materials with superior catalytic activity, have received increasing attention in recent decades. − By accurately engineering the size, structure, and composition of the noble metal hydrogels, a precise control over their catalytic properties can be achieved . Although the noble metal hydrogels have shown excellent catalytic activity, − their potential in immobilizing enzymes has rarely been explored. By taking advantage of the unique structures mentioned above, noble metal hydrogels hold great promise for loading enzymes.…”