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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Rethinking Catalysis in Three-Dimensional Topological Materials Through Surface Oxidation.

Danil Boukhvalov, Kazybek Aimaganbetov, Vladimir Yu Osipov, Antonio Politano

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Article 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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4 authors.

Danil BoukhvalovInstitute of Materials Physics and Chemistry, College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2286-3443
Kazybek AimaganbetovInstitute of Physics and Technology, Satbayev University, Almaty 050032, Kazakhstan.ORCID 0000-0001-6367-9135
Vladimir Yu OsipovInternational Research and Educational Center for Physics of Nanostructures, ITMO University, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-7518-0841
Antonio PolitanoDepartment of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4254-2102

Funding

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan AP22687885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The catalytic activity of topological materials is often attributed to the nontrivial electronic states of pristine surfaces. However, this interpretation does not explain why chemically and structurally distinct topological compounds frequently exhibit similar catalytic performance despite substantial differences in their band topology. A key limitation of this view is the neglect of surface reconstruction, particularly oxidation under ambient conditions, which can significantly modify both the electronic structure and the nature of active catalytic sites. Here, density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate the energetics of surface oxidation and the hydrogen evolution reaction in representative three-dimensional topological materials, including VAl

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DFToxidationtopological materials

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PMID42726568
PMCPMC13566939

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