纳米结构材料因其结构和功能的可调控性及广泛应用，业已成为化学和材料科学界飞速发展的一个领域。近年来，相关出版刊物不断增加，文章引用量大幅提高，研究范围持续扩大，研究者的人数也越来越多。因纳米结构材料的研究，催化领域如同进入“文艺复兴”时代，达到了一个新的高度，这很大程度上得益于结构分析方法的进步。近年来围绕纳米结构材料在各种催化应用方面的研究不断涌现，对该方向的最新研究进展进行总结已时机成熟。为此，Small Methods编辑了此次专刊，对纳米材料催化应用的最新研究成果进行介绍。
本专刊得到了来自21个研究团队的支持，他们的研究涉及多方位纳米结构材料的设计、合成及对催化应用的表征，其中包括4篇综述、9篇通讯和8篇全文。4篇综述概述了纳米结构催化材料的新型合成路径和功能化方法、先进光谱分析表征及催化应用。9篇通讯和8篇全文则报道了多种结构、形貌和组成的材料的制备，及其在热、电、光催化等领域中的最新成果。
我们希望本专刊可以在纳米结构材料的新进展和催化应用方面，为读者提供一些具有代表性和启发性的观点。由于纳米结构催化领域的持续快速发展，本专刊不可能涵盖该领域的各个方面，尤其是没有参与专刊筹备的研究团队的最新成果。毫无疑问，在化学家、材料科学家和工程师的共同努力下，用于催化的纳米结构材料的研究领域将进一步扩大。我们衷心希望读者对此次专刊的主题感到满意，从中发现新的灵感，进一步推动该领域向前发展。
专刊论文列表：
Editorial
Reviews
- Shedding New Light on Nanostructured Catalysts with Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy
- A Brief Review of Metallothermic Reduction Reactions for Materials Preparation
- Recent Progress on Black Phosphorus‐Based Materials for Photocatalytic Water Splitting
- Hollow Zeolite Single Crystals: Synthesis Routes and Functionalization Methods
Communications
- A Noble-Metal-Free CdS/Ni3S2@C Nanocomposite for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis
- Anion-Regulated Hydroxysulfide Monoliths as OER/ORR/HER Electrocatalysts and their Applications in Self‐Powered Electrochemical Water Splitting
- Nanocrystals@Hollow Mesoporous Silica Reverse-Bumpy-Ball Structure Nanoreactors by a Versatile Microemulsion‐Templated Approach
- Bimetallic MOF-Derived FeCo-P/C Nanocomposites as Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
- Ultrathin Nanobelts as an Excellent Bifunctional Oxygen Catalyst: Insight into the Subtle Changes in Structure and Synergistic Effects of Bimetallic Metal–Organic Framework
- Noble-Metal-Free Ni-MoOx Nanoparticles Supported on BN as a Highly Efficient Catalyst toward Complete Decomposition of Hydrazine Borane
- Oxidation or Reduction State of Au Stabilized by an MOF: Active Site Identification for the Three-Component Coupling Reaction
- Single-Site Gold Catalysts on Hierarchical N-Doped Porous Noble Carbon for Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrogen
- Hierarchical Cobalt Phosphide Hollow Nanocages toward Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis under Ambient Pressure and Room Temperature
Full Papers
- Zr-Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts for Oxidative Desulfurization and Their Improvement by Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange
- Cobalt@Nitrogen‐Doped Porous Carbon Fiber Derived from the Electrospun Fiber of Bimetal–Organic Framework for Highly Active Oxygen Reduction
- 3D PtFe Clusters with Cube-in-Cube Structure Enhance Oxygen Reduction Catalysis and Electrochemical Sensing
- Small-Sized Bimetallic CuPd Nanoclusters Encapsulated Inside Cavity of NH2-UiO-66(Zr) with Superior Performance for Light-Induced Suzuki Coupling Reaction
- Property-Activity Relations for Methane Activation by Dual-Metal Cu–Oxo Trimers in ZSM-5 Zeolite
- Size-Dependency of Gold Nanoparticles on TiO2 for CO Oxidation
- Self-Templated Formation of Pt@ZIF-8/SiO2 Composite with 3D-Ordered Macropores and Size-Selective Catalytic Properties
- Trimetallic Mesoporous AuCuNi Electrocatalysts with Controlled Compositions Using Block Copolymer Micelles as Templates
