Nature Communications Publishes ECUST Progress in Mesoscopic Kinetics-Guided Bimetallic Catalyst Design  

Recently, using mesoscopic kinetics research methods, Professor Duan Xuezhi and his team from the School of Chemical Engineering and the National Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, ECUST, revealed the interface reconstruction phenomenon of Pt-Co bimetallic catalysts under different reaction conditions and the synergistic effects between different interface sites. They quantified the performance impacts, providing new theoretical foundations and practical guidance for designing and optimizing efficient Pt-based bimetallic catalysts. The related findings were published in Nature Communications under the title “Restructuring the interfacial active sites to generalize the volcano curves for platinum-cobalt synergistic catalysis”.

The article is first authored by Dr. Chen Wenyao, Dr. Shi Yao, Dr. Liu Changwei of ECUST, and Dr. Ren Zhouhong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is corresponding authored by Professor Duan Xuezhi, Professor Lian Cheng of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, and Associate Professor Liu Xi of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The research received careful guidance from Academicians Yuan Weikang and Chen De. Additionally, the study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Shanghai Carbon Neutrality Basic Research Special Zone Project, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Scientific Innovation Plan Major Project, and the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan.