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Regulating the adsorption behaviour of the polysulfide species is the key to achieving highly stable Li-S batteries. Here, the authors show that amorphization-induced redistribution of d orbitals enable CoO to be a favourable candidate for polysulfide adsorption and conversion.

Sintering supported metal nanoparticles is the common route to the deactivation of industrial heterogeneous catalysts. Here, the authors report a carbon atomization process that allows one not only to redisperse metal nanoparticles, but also to recover deactivated catalysts.

While noble metal usage in catalysis is ubiquitous, the metals’ scarcity necessitates new materials designs for efficient utilization. Here, authors report a general strategy to prepare amorphous noble metal nanosheets and find the nanomaterials to act as efficient water-splitting electrocatalysts.