Abstract
All nanostructures share a common feature of large surface-to-volume ratio, which makes surface engineering a vital tool for exploring their new and important applications in many different areas. Particularly, inorganic nanostructures represent a class of intriguing catalysts that can find wide uses in energy conversion, energy storage, and environmental remediation. Here, a number of surface engineering strategies, including morphology control, defect incorporation, and interface manipulation for tailoring the shape, facet, defect, interfacial property, and composition of nanostructures, aiming at controlling the chemical and physical properties such as energy bandgap and surface energy toward great enhancement in catalytic performance, are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1802091 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 48 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 28 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The research discussed in this article was supported partially, at different stages, by U.S. Department of Energy (DE-SC0002247), the Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, and the Young Professor Grant from DuPont. The authors also acknowledge the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for partial support of this research (55904-ND10).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Energy | DE-SC0002247 |
| Research Corporation for Science Advancement | |
| DuPont | |
| American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund | 55904-ND10 |
Keywords
- catalysis
- defect engineering
- doping
- semiconductor nanostructures
- surface engineering