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Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Activity in Water Splitting by Tailoring Li + -Ni(OH) 2 -Pt Interfaces

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Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Single platinum atoms immobilized on an MXene as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

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Low-temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts

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Enhanced hydrogen desorption via charge transfer in Pt Nanoclusters/ReS2 hybrid electrocatalyst for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

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Ultralow Ru Single Atoms Confined in Cerium Oxide Nanoglues for Highly‐Sensitive and Robust H2O2‐Related Biocatalytic Diagnosis

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Conversion of peroxymonosulfate to singlet oxygen by single-atom catalysts for water remediation

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The improvements of a diesel engine fueled with renewable and sustainable diesel/n-butanol/polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers blended fuels at high altitudes

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Spontaneous heterophase atomic structure engineering of NiMo(S)/NiMoP for enhanced overall electrochemical water splitting in neutral media

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Review of single-atom electrocatalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions from water-splitting

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Onion-like Core-shell Ni@C supported on carbon nanotubes decorated with low Pt as a superior electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

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2D coordination polymer-derived CoSe 2 –NiSe 2 /CN nanosheets: the dual-phase synergistic effect and ultrathin structure to enhance the hydrogen evolution reaction

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Dynamic surface restructuring of nanoporous Cu2−Se for efficient CO2 electroreduction into methanol

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Single Atom Ruthenium‐Doped CoP/CDs Nanosheets via Splicing of Carbon‐Dots for Robust Hydrogen Production

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Synchronous regulation of Schottky/p-n dual junction in Prussian blue-derived Janus heterostructures: A path to ultrafast long life potassium ion batteries

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Recent Progress on Potentiometric Sensor Applications Based on Nanoscale Metal Oxides: A Comprehensive Review

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Recent advances of single-atom electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

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Harnessing the Extracellular Electron Transfer Capability of Geobacter sulfurreducens for Ambient Synthesis of Stable Bifunctional Single‐Atom Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting

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Precision‐Engineered Electronic Modulation of Ruthenium Clusters and Single Atoms on Vacancy‐Rich α‐MoC 1‐ x Enables Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

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Pt single atoms meet metal–organic frameworks to enhance electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity

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Catalytic nature of iron-nitrogen-graphene heterogeneous catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction

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Tunable Pt–NiO interaction-induced efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation and methanol oxidation

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Frontiers in atomic-level manufacturing: atomic-scale electrochemical deposition

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Controllable fabrication of a nickel–iridium alloy network by galvanic replacement engineering for high-efficiency electrocatalytic water splitting

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Recent Progress on Non‐Carbon‐Supported Single‐Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical Conversion of Green Energy

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High Valence State Sites as Favorable Reductive Centers for High‐Current‐Density Water Splitting

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Ultrathin Template Approach to Synthesize High‐Entropy Intermetallic Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Anchoring highly surface-exposed Pt single atoms on Ni3S2/Co9S8 with abundant S vacancies triggers d-orbital electron rearrangements for boosted seawater hydrogen evolution

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Transformation of stainless steel 316 into a bifunctional water splitting electrocatalyst tolerant to polarity switching

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Graphene nanosheets supported high-defective Pd nanocrystals as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

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Enhancing the electrochemical hydrogen evolution of CoP3/CoMoP nanosheets through the support of black TiO2−x nanotube arrays

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Low-Pt Amount Supported Polypyrrole/MXene 1D/2D Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Creating active interfaces as a strategy to improve electrochemical water splitting reactions

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Aerogels-Inspired based Photo and Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting to Produce Hydrogen

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Anomalous Enhancement of the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in AuPt Nanoclusters

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Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchical Ce-doped MoSe2@CNTs as an efficient non-precious catalyst for hydrogen evolution in both acidic and alkaline media

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Coupling Amorphous Ni Hydroxide Nanoparticles with Single-Atom Rh on Cu Nanowire Arrays for Highly Efficient Alkaline Seawater Electrolysis

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Lattice-matched Cu3P/Cu2Se heterojunction catalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution reactions

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Cascade Anchoring Strategy for Fabricating High-Loading Pt Single Atoms as Bifunctional Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions

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Activating surface sulfur atoms via subsurface engineering toward boosted photocatalytic water splitting

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Synergistic Low-Pt Modification and Ni Doping Facilitate the MoS 2 Phase Transition for Accelerating the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Electronic and Geometric Effects Endow PtRh Jagged Nanowires with Superior Ethanol Oxidation Catalysis

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PtCo clusters anchored on defect-rich heterometal nanosheets for electrochemical H2 production

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Evolution of Cationic Vacancy Defects: A Motif for Surface Restructuration of OER Precatalyst

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Synergistic electrochemical performance of NdFeO3/rGO composite for enhanced oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions

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Layered Double (Ni, Fe) Hydroxide Loaded with Platinum Nanoparticles as an Efficient Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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In-suit growth of NiS quantum dots embedded in ultra-thin N,O,S-tri-doped carbon porous nanosheets on carbon cloth for high-efficient HMF oxidation coupling hydrogen evolution

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In-situ synthesis of NixCo4-xN/N-doped carbon ultrathin nanosheet arrays by supramolecular pyrolysis for boosting electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution in universal pH range water and natural seawater

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Strong interaction of single-atom Pt with Cd0.5Zn0.5S: electronic structure regulation and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution promotion

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Cl− Boosted Active and Stable Seawater Reduction on Pt/CoP Nanoarray Electrocatalysts

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Porous nanosheets of Cu 3 P@N,P co-doped carbon hosted on copper foam as an efficient and ultrastable pH-universal hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst

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Atomic Engineering Catalyzed Redox Kinetics of NixCo1‐x(OH)2 on Nanoporous Phosphide Electrode for Efficient Ni‐Zn Batteries

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Electronic modulation of zinc selenide toward efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

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An experimental and theoretical investigation of NiO-rGO composites for hydrogen evolution reactions

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Dual-phase NiSe–NiSe2 constructs rapid hydrogen evolution channels by phase control achieve high-performance water electrolysis catalyst

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Recent Progress and Perspectives of Solid State Na-CO2 Batteries

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Balancing Volmer Step by Superhydrophilic Dual‐Active Domains for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution

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Structure and Stability of Core–Shell Cu–Pt Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications

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Hierarchical-heterostructured porous intermetallics in nickel-cobalt-aluminum alloys as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

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Ligand environment engineering of nickel single atomic sites for efficient electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction

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Organic-inorganic conjugated polymer-exfoliated tungsten disulfide nanosheet P-N heterojunction composites for efficient and stable hydrogen evolution reactions

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Self-standing 3D nanoporous Ag2Al with abundant surface oxygen species facilitating oxygen electroreduction for efficient hybrid Zn battery

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Green chemistry innovation: a systematic review on sustainable catalysis and its strategic future directions

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Advancements and challenges in metal selenides for electrocatalytic H 2 evolution

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Tailoring the spin state of active sites in amorphous transition metal sulfides to promote oxygen electrocatalysis

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Synthesis Strategies and Electrochemical Research Progress of Nano/Microscale Metal–Organic Frameworks

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Location-selective immobilisation of single-atom catalysts on the surface or within the interior of ionic nanocrystals using coordination chemistry

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Improved Electrocatalytic Activity and Stability by Single Iridium Atoms on Iron‐based Layered Double Hydroxides for Oxygen Evolution

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Ultrafine Pt nanoparticles embedded in defective porous carbon for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

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Evaluation of Pr2Zr2−xCexO7±δ pyrochlores as a potential Cu support catalysts for CO oxidation in simulated GDI conditions

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Metal edge confined platinum atoms in metal/hydroxide hierarchy structure for multiple hydrogen conversion and evolution

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Atomically dispersed ruthenium in transition metal double layered hydroxide as a bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting

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Coordination structures design of single-atom catalysts for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction

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Defect Engineered Ru‐CoMOF@MoS 2 Heterointerface Facilitate Water Oxidation Process

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Pt(OH)x Coordination Engineering of Bifunctional Pt/NiFe LDH-O Catalyst for Robust Water Splitting

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Ru single atoms regulate electron distribution in defective NiFe LDH for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

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Vacancy-Mediated Anomalous Emission Characteristics of Size-Confined Semiconducting CoTe2

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Ultralow-Temperature Aqueous Conductive Polymer–Hydrogen Gas Battery

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