Intermediate-entropy metal hexagonal nanoplates for high-performance and durable formic acid electrooxidation

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Homogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Storage in Formic Acid and Alcohols

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Understanding the Role of Entropy in High Entropy Oxides

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Subnanometer high-entropy alloy nanowires enable remarkable hydrogen oxidation catalysis

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Silver nanomaterials: synthesis and (electro/photo) catalytic applications

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Selective Formic Acid Dehydrogenation on Pt-Cu Single-Atom Alloys

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High-entropy alloy electrocatalysts go to (sub-)nanoscale

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Medium/High‐Entropy Amalgamated Core/Shell Nanoplate Achieves Efficient Formic Acid Catalysis for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell

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Controllable synthesis of high-entropy alloys

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Insight Into Intermediate Behaviors and Design Strategies of Platinum Group Metal‐Based Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Catalysts

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A Comprehensive Study of Formic Acid Oxidation on Palladium Nanocrystals with Different Types of Facets and Twin Defects

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Tailoring the Antipoisoning Performance of Pd for Formic Acid Electrooxidation via an Ordered PdBi Intermetallic

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Platinum–Lead–Bismuth/Platinum–Bismuth Core/Shell Nanoplate Achieves Complete Dehydrogenation Pathway for Direct Formic Acid Oxidation Catalysis

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Carbon‐Supported Single‐Atom Catalysts for Formic Acid Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions

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Stabilizing Diluted Active Sites of Ultrasmall High‐Entropy Intermetallics for Efficient Formic Acid Electrooxidation

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Pb‐Modified Ultrathin RuCu Nanoflowers for Active, Stable, and CO‐resistant Alkaline Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation

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Review on the preparation methods and strengthening mechanisms of medium-entropy alloys with CoCrNi as the main focus

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Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of palladium nanoparticles with high energy surfaces in formic acid oxidation

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Adsorbed Formate is the Last Common Intermediate in the Dual-Path Mechanism of the Electrooxidation of Formic Acid

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Highly Selective Synthesis of Monoclinic-Phased Platinum–Tellurium Nanotrepang for Direct Formic Acid Oxidation Catalysis

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Recent Advances of Electrocatalysts and Electrodes for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells: from Nano to Meter Scale Challenges

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Orbital modulation in platinum-group-metal (PGM) electrocatalysts: An effective approach to boost catalytic performance

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The understanding, rational design, and application of high-entropy alloys as excellent electrocatalysts: A review

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Hydrophilic Single-Atom Interface Empowered Pure Formic Acid Fuel Cells

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Efficient direct formic acid electrocatalysis enabled by rare earth-doped platinum-tellurium heterostructures

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Progress of fundamental mechanism of formic acid decomposition and electrooxidation

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Formic acid electro-oxidation: Mechanism and electrocatalysts design

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The ensemble effect of formic acid oxidation on platinum–gold electrode studied by first-principles calculations

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Trimetallic Porous PtIrBi Nanoplates with Robust CO Tolerance for Enhanced Formic Acid Oxidation Catalysis

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Engineering Topological and Chemical Disorder in Pd Sites for Record‐Breaking Formic Acid Electrocatalytic Oxidation

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Supportless, Bismuth-Modified Palladium Nanotubes with Improved Activity and Stability for Formic Acid Oxidation

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New insight into the CO formation mechanism during formic acid oxidation on Pt(111)

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Precise synthesis of targeted noble metal–based high-entropy alloy nanomaterials

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Pd3Pb bimetallic aerogels for anti-poisoned oxygen reduction reaction

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Application of platinum-based high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles for electro-oxidation of formic acid and glycerol

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Effectively Regulating Electrooxidation of Formic Acid over Bimetallic PtCo Alloys via the Integration of Theory and Experiment

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Optimizing dual-intermediates adsorption on Rh-based intermetallics for formic acid electrooxidation

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Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of Cu-modified, high-index single Pt NPs for formic acid oxidation

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Electronic Structure Engineering of PtZn Alloys to Accelerate Dehydrogenation for Efficient Ammonia Oxidation

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Recent Advances in Rational Design of CO‑Tolerant Anode Electrocatalysts for Durable Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells

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Tuning the local environment of atomic Pt shells of Pt 3 Fe@Pt nanoparticles enables energy-saving hydrogen production

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Dual Electronic and Interfacial Microenvironment Modulation on Rare-Earth Doped Ternary Pt Alloys Toward Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation

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Effectively Regulating Electrooxidation of Formic Acid over Bimetallic PtCo Alloys via the Integration of Theory and Experiment

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Synergistic electronic and bifunctional effects in Pd2Ni4Pt4 medium-entropy alloy for highly active, CO-tolerant, and durable formic acid oxidation

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Trimetallic Synergy in Intermetallic PtSnBi Nanoplates Boosts Formic Acid Oxidation

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A nanoparticle catalyst with superior activity for electrooxidation of formic acid

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Conversion of Pt nanoparticles encapsulated within MIL-101(Fe) to FePt intermetallic nanoparticles supported on carbon promotes formic acid electrooxidation

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