Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Wien effect in interfacial water dissociation through proton-permeable graphene electrodes

  • J. Cai,
  • E. Griffin,
  • V. H. Guarochico-Moreira,
  • D. Barry,
  • B. Xin,
  • M. Yagmurcukardes,
  • S. Zhang,
  • A. K. Geim,
  • F. M. Peeters,
  • M. Lozada-Hidalgo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33451-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Direct observation of electric field effects in the water dissociation reaction remains elusive. Here, the authors report an exponential acceleration of the reaction as function of the interfacial electric field using graphene electrodes decorated with Pt.