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However, a significant challenge still remains in achieving controlled nucleation and growth sites for HNCs on supports and comprehending the influence of the structure\u2013activity relationship on electrocatalytic CO2RR performance. This work presents a photochemical self-assembly technique without the necessity for reducing agents or facet-specific capping agents. By controlling lattice mismatch and manipulating transfer paths of photo-generated carriers, we can precisely direct the growth sites and nucleation of nanocrystals, enabling the self-assembly of supported core\u2013shell and Janus nanostructures. Compared to Pd(T)@Au core\u2013shell HNCs with the same loading, Pd cube\u2013Au Janus HNCs exhibit significantly enhanced selectivity and stability toward carbon monoxide (CO) production in CO2RR at less negative potentials. The Pd cube\u2013Au Janus HNC electrocatalyst achieved a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 92.6 \u00b1 3.5% for CO electroreduction, accompanied by a current density of 72.3 mA\u00b7cm\u22122 at \u22120.58 V. This work provides an effective strategy for designing advanced supported tandem electrocatalysts to boost the selectivity and durability test of CO2RR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules29235560","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,25]],"date-time":"2024-11-25T08:38:24Z","timestamp":1732523904000},"page":"5560","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Lattice Mismatch-Driven Photochemical Self-Assembly of Supported Heterostructures for Stable and Enhanced Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8289-3070","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yidan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xu","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China"},{"name":"Zhejiang Provincial Key Research Institute of Medical Materials and Tissue Engineering, Hangzhou 311121, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yali","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1569-0716","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ting","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Applied Optical Technology (2024SSY03051), School of Physical Science and Intelligent Education, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6868-9594","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rongrong","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"},{"name":"Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liyi","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenlong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4610-2745","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiran","family":"Qiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Material and Product, Ministry of Education, Xi\u2019an Polytechnic University, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"},{"name":"School of Textile Science and Engineering, Xi\u2019an Polytechnic University, Xi\u2019an 710048, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0018-0569","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lei","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,25]]},"reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Seh, Z.W., Kibsgaard, J., Dickens, C.F., Chorkendorff, I., N\u00f8rskov, J.K., and Jaramillo, T.F. 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