• • Triangular-ordered Co atoms on substrates enable ampere-level durable hydrogen production (Nat Commun, 2026), demonstrating that precise atomic arrangement can activate inert sites to achieve industrial-scale current densities, critical for water electrolysis.
• • Tensile strain engineering activates inert non-defect Bi sites for CO2 electroreduction (Nat Commun, 2025), achieving high activity and selectivity, offering a route to carbon-neutral fuel synthesis without noble metals.
• • Asymmetric coordination engineering of MXene-based metal arrays generates high-valent metal-oxo species from peroxymonosulfate for fast water decontamination (Angew Chem, 2026), showing that microenvironment modulation can enhance Fenton-like catalysis efficiency.
• • Electroreduction-driven distorted nanotwins activate pure Cu for efficient hydrogen evolution (Nat Mater, 2025), achieving performance comparable to Pt-based catalysts, which is pivotal for cost-effective green hydrogen production.