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CHEMICAL REVIEWS
Volume 121, Issue 2, Pages 736-795Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00436
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- Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions, an Energy Frontier Research Center program - U.S. Department of Energy [DE-SC0019445]
- National Science Foundation [DMR 1808383]
- ACS PRF [58196ND10]
- General Motors LLC
- Custom Electronics Inc.
- S3IP at Binghamton University
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Random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals exhibit unique physicochemical properties, making them ideal models for structure-to-property studies and finding applications in electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, magnetism, etc. Scientific research has shown significant interest in these nanocrystals and advancements have been made in synthetic principles and strategies.
Precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and crystal phase of random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals has been intensively explored in technologically important applications in recent years. Different from the monometallic nanocrystals and other types of structural nanocrystals such as core-shell and heterostructured nanocrystals, well-defined multimetallic random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals exhibit unique and intriguing physicochemical properties, serving as ideal models for benefiting the structure-to-property studies. As such, random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals have attracted extensive attention and interest in scientific research and shown huge potential in various fields. In this review, we focus specifically on summarizing the synthetic principles and strategies developed to form random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals with enhanced performance. Some representative examples are purposely selected for emphasizing basic concepts and mechanistic understanding. We then highlight the fascinating properties and widespread applications of random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals in electrocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, optical and photocatalysis, as well as magnetism and conclude the review by addressing the prospects and current challenges for the controlled synthesis of random alloy and intermetallic nanocrystals.
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