# Recent Advances in and Challenges with Fe-Based Metallic Glasses for Catalytic Efficiency: Environment and Energy Fields

## TL;DR

This review discusses Fe-based metallic glasses as promising catalysts for environmental and energy applications due to their unique structure and high catalytic efficiency.

## Contribution

The paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances and challenges in Fe-based metallic glasses for catalytic applications.

## Key findings

- Fe-based metallic glasses show high catalytic efficiency and stability in wastewater treatment and water-splitting.
- Catalytic performance varies with atomic composition and water environment systems.
- Preparation parameters significantly influence the surface activity of these catalysts.

## Abstract

Metallic glass is being gradually recognized for its unique disordered atomic configuration and excellent catalytic activity, so is of great significance in the field of catalysis. Recent reports have demonstrated that Fe-based metallic glass, as a competitive new catalyst, has good catalytic activity for the fields of environment and energy, including high catalytic efficiency and stability. This review introduces the latest developments in metallic glasses with various atomic components and their excellent catalytic properties as catalysts. In this article, the influence of Fe-based metallic glass catalysts on the catalytic activity of dye wastewater treatment and water-splitting is discussed. The catalytic performance in different atomic composition systems and different water environment systems, and the preparation parameters to improve the surface activity of catalysts, are reviewed. This review also describes several prospects in the future development and practical application of Fe-based metallic glass catalysts and provides a new reference for the synthesis of novel catalysts.