Nature Communications (Apr 2022)
Pseudo-adsorption and long-range redox coupling during oxygen reduction reaction on single atom electrocatalyst
Abstract
The reaction region is commonly considered to be the direct catalyst surface. Here, the authors challenge this view and use molecular dynamics simulations to reveal a solvated hydroxide species dynamically confined in a pseudo-adsorption state at a few water layers away from the active site during oxygen reduction reaction on single atom electrocatalyst.