Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes

  • Yunchang Liang,
  • Karla Banjac,
  • Kévin Martin,
  • Nicolas Zigon,
  • Seunghwa Lee,
  • Nicolas Vanthuyne,
  • Felipe Andrés Garcés-Pineda,
  • José R. Galán-Mascarós,
  • Xile Hu,
  • Narcis Avarvari,
  • Magalí Lingenfelder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31096-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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While solar-to-fuel catalysis requires the careful transfer of electrons, there are still challenges understanding how electron spin contributes to reactivity. Here, authors employ chiral fused thiadiazole-helicenes to control spin polarization in oxygen evolution electrocatalysts.