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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Nanostructured Catalysts for Electro- and Photocatalytic Energy Conversion: Design Strategies, Mechanistic Descriptors, and Practical Applications.

Xiangjun Kong, Xia Wang, Wulan Zeng

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xiangjun KongSchool of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8348-7728
Xia WangSchool of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2651-7166
Wulan ZengSchool of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanostructured catalysts have become a core component of energy conversion in electrocatalysis and photocatalysis; however, successfully translating their performance from laboratory scale to industrial applications remains a long-standing challenge. This paper provides a critical assessment of the field, systematically tracing the entire development trajectory from catalyst design to practical application. We focus on five major classes of catalysts-monometallic catalysts, bimetallic/multimetallic alloy catalysts, metal compound catalysts, carbon-based composite catalysts, and single-atom catalysts-and explore synthetic strategies for achieving precise structural control, including hydrothermal/solvothermal methods, electrodeposition, template-assisted and MOF-derived syntheses, high-temperature pyrolysis, and post-treatment defect engineering. This paper delves into the mechanisms and performance descriptors governing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), urea oxidation, photocatalytic water splitting, and CO

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CO2 reductionelectrocatalysisfuel cellsmetal–air batteriesnanostructured catalystsphotocatalysiswater splitting

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PMID42439728
PMCPMC13363576

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