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ArticleNature communications2025

Unconventional phase metal heteronanostructures with tunable exposed interface for efficient tandem nitrate electroreduction to ammonia.

Yangbo Ma, Liang Guo, Liang Chang, Weihua Guo, Tao Zhou, Fengkun Hao, Wenda Su, Jingwen Zhou, Guozhi Wang, Mingzheng Shao and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Yangbo Ma *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5876-9208
Liang Guo *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Liang Chang *Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China.
Weihua Guo *Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tao ZhouDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Fengkun HaoDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wenda SuInstitute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China.
Jingwen ZhouDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-4850
Guozhi WangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Mingzheng ShaoDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jihan YuDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jinwen YinDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-4391
Yunhao WangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Fu LiuDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
An ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-4120-5248
Kun QianDongguan Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Science for Advanced Materials and Large-Scale Scientific Facilities, School of Physical Sciences, Great Bay University, Dongguan, China.
Jie WangKey Laboratory of Fluid and Power Machinery of the Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xiuyun ZhangCollege of Physics Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Weijia ZhouInstitute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (iAIR), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4339-0435
Shengqi ChuBeijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-5095
Chongyi LingKey Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of the Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. lingchy@seu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-9036
Lin GanInstitute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China. lgan@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-6016
Zhengxiao GuoDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. zxguo@hku.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-3215
Zhanxi FanDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. zhanxi.fan@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3133-6503

Funding

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) 9610480National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund) 22175148Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) 21309322Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission JCYJ20220530140815035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tandem catalysis is an effective approach to achieve highly selective and high-rate multi-electron/proton transfer reactions, such as nitrate electroreduction, which are important for various physicochemical and biological processes. However, present tandem catalysts suffer from uncontrollable interface, limited crystal phase, and complex synthesis protocols. Here, we report facile seed-mediated synthesis of unconventional phase 4H/fcc Au-Cu heterostructures with a unique beaded-bracelet nanostructure (BBN). Importantly, the exposed Au/Cu interface density can be continuously tuned by modulating discrete Cu domain density on Au nanowires. As a proof-of-concept application, 4H/fcc Au-Cu BBN demonstrates high catalytic performance in nitrate electroreduction to ammonia, with a yield rate and partial current density of 116.2 mg h

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