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Atomically Tailored Nanocatalysts for Energy Applications

Nanomaterial catalysis is receiving growing interest in sustainable and environmental-friendly energy storage and conversion devices. Catalytically active nanomateri-als have been widely employed as heterogeneous cata-lysts in various photocatalytic or electrocatalytic energy storage and conversion reactions, including hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, and oxygen reduction reaction. Since the catalytic activity of nano-materials depends strongly on their physical and chemical structures, it is the kernel of research to design the active sites with atomic precision for the development of high-performance energy devices. Motivated by this emerging trend, this special issue aims to introduce re-cent outstanding research efforts directed towards the atomic engineering of nanomaterials’ structure and catalytic activity.

Guest editor:
Jong-Ho Kim, Hanyang University, Korea, kjh75@hanyang.ac.kr

New articles will be added here as they are published.


  1. Single-metal-atom catalysts (SMACs) have garnered extensive attention for various electrocatalytic applications, owing to their maximum atom-utilization efficiency, tunable electronic structure, and remarkable...

    Authors: Xun Cui, Likun Gao, Cheng-Hsin Lu, Rui Ma, Yingkui Yang and Zhiqun Lin
    Citation: Nano Convergence 2022 9:34
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. This paper describes the development of mixed B-site pyrochlore Y2MnRuO7 electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic media, a challenge for the development of low-temperature electrolyzer for gr...

    Authors: Cheng Zhang, Fangfang Wang, Beichen Xiong and Hong Yang
    Citation: Nano Convergence 2022 9:22
    Content type: Full Paper Published on:

  3. N-Doped carbon electrocatalysts are a promising alternative to precious metal catalysts to promote oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, it remains a challenge to design the desired active sites on carbon s.....

    Authors: Jung Hyun Park, Jae-Hoon Shin, Jong-Min Ju, Jun-Hyeong Lee, Chanhee Choi, Yoonhee So, Hyunji Lee and Jong-Ho Kim
    Citation: Nano Convergence 2022 9:17
    Content type: Full Paper Published on:
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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 13.4
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 10.7
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.842
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2.222

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  • ISSN: 2196-5404 (electronic)