Flame aerosol synthesis (FAS) has been in industrial use for mass production of nanoparticle commodities, and in recent years has been developed into a tool for economic synthesis of novel catalytic nanomaterials as its scalability and versatility became recognized. In particular, a wide spectrum of metal oxide and noble metal nanoparticles/composites have been obtained by flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) which have demonstrated applications in growing fields of catalysis such as CO₂ utilization, gas sensing and water splitting apart from traditional heterogeneous catalytic processes. However, current studies on the flame-synthesized nanocatalysts have largely remained phenomenological and design of the catalysts has been relatively unsophisticated for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications, where ample opportunities for future research are found. It is believed that interfacing the two large fields of combustion and materials application will further motivate the advancement of combustion field, and benefit the materials community with an alternative and practical synthesis option. With this in mind, this article presents the most recent progress pertaining to such a linkage, which we hope to stimulate further and deeper interest in such cross-disciplinary efforts.

火焰气溶胶合成（FAS）已在工业上用于大规模生产纳米颗粒商品，并且随着其可扩展性和多功能性得到公认，近年来已发展成为经济合成新型催化纳米材料的工具。特别地，已经通过火焰喷雾热解（FSP）获得了广谱的金属氧化物和贵金属纳米颗粒/复合物，其已经证明在催化领域如CO _{2中的应用。}除传统的非均相催化过程外，还可以利用，气敏和水分解。然而，目前关于火焰合成的纳米催化剂的研究仍然很大程度上是现象学的，并且对于光催化和电催化应用来说，催化剂的设计相对来说并不复杂，在光催化和电催化应用中发现了足够的机会来进行进一步的研究。相信将燃烧和材料应用这两个大领域联系起来将进一步促进燃烧领域的发展，并通过替代和实用的合成选择使材料界受益。考虑到这一点，本文介绍了与这种联系有关的最新进展，我们希望激发对这种跨学科努力的进一步和更深的兴趣。