Unraveling a bifunctional mechanism for methanol-to-formate electro-oxidation on nickel-based hydroxides

Abstract

Understanding the active sites is essential for advanced catalyst design. Here, the authors report a bifunctional mechanism for the methanol electrooxidation reaction using NiMn hydroxide with NiIII and oxygen active sites which work in a cooperative manner to promote either spontaneous or non-spontaneous methanol oxidation.