Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Pseudo-adsorption and long-range redox coupling during oxygen reduction reaction on single atom electrocatalyst

  • Jie-Wei Chen,
  • Zisheng Zhang,
  • Hui-Min Yan,
  • Guang-Jie Xia,
  • Hao Cao,
  • Yang-Gang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29357-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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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.