Abstract Metal-semiconductor heterostructure nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted much interest and extensively been investigated due to their promising potentials in the fields of catalysis, energy conversion and storage. Due to the synergistic effect and coupling effect between metal and semiconductor, designing and controlling the interface structure of metal-semiconductor NPs and understanding the structure-property relationship have great significance for optimizing their physicochemical performances. Metal NPs coupled with semiconductors forming several kinds of interface structures, including core-shell, yolk-shell, Janus and oligomer-like structures are summarized in this review. The controllable synthesis methods to obtain metal-semiconductor heterostructure NPs with fantastic properties are presented in detail. Moreover, the structure-property relationship and their applications in the fields of catalysis, energy conversion and storage are also exhibited. A brief outlook is given on the challenges and possible solutions in future development of metal-semiconductor NPs.

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金属-半导体异质结构纳米粒子的结构设计、可控合成及应用

摘要 金属-半导体异质结构纳米粒子 (NPs) 因其在催化、能量转换和存储领域的潜力而引起了广泛的关注和广泛的研究。由于金属与半导体之间的协同效应和耦合效应，设计和控制金属-半导体纳米颗粒的界面结构并理解结构-性能关系对于优化其理化性能具有重要意义。本综述总结了金属纳米颗粒与半导体结合形成多种界面结构，包括核-壳、蛋黄-壳、Janus 和低聚物样结构。详细介绍了获得具有优异性能的金属-半导体异质结构纳米颗粒的可控合成方法。而且，还展示了结构-性能关系及其在催化、能量转换和存储领域的应用。简要展望了金属半导体纳米颗粒未来发展面临的挑战和可能的解决方案。