Electrocatalysis by Nanoparticles: Fabrication and Electrochemical Applications of Tailor-Designed Nanoparticles-Based Electrocatalysts

Abstract

This article describes our recent researches on the tailor-designed nanoparticles-based electrocatalysts with controllable size and crystallographic orientation, including the fabrication and characterization of chemically/electrochemically-prepared metallic nanoparticles (e.g. Au) and metal oxide nanostructures (e.g. manganese oxide) onto various substrates and their applications to electrocatalysts for some reactions, e.g., oxygen reduction and evolution reactions as well as biosensors for reactive species of biological importance, e.g., superoxide anion and dopamine.