| Abstract Scope |
Nanomaterials have attracted an increasing attention for their unique properties which cannot be obtained from the corresponding bulk forms, such as super-high chemically reactive surfaces, rapid “in-plane” charge transport, significant quantum-confinement effect, etc. In this presentation, nanomaterials and their hybrids design using coordination engineering strategies has been studied, with the aim of understanding the nature and mechanisms of their electronic coupling, charge transfer, and catalytic activity in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), oxygen evolution reactions (OER), and dissociative adsorption reaction of small molecules. Low dimensional nanomaterials and their hybrids, which promote electronic coupling and efficient charge separation arise from the effects of adsorbent nature, quantum size engineering, and defect assistance, are therefore boost their promising energy correlated applications. |