Local electric field boosts proton transfer
Surface ligands build a local electric field that accelerates proton transfer in water oxidation, lowering the OER overpotential.
Zhixing, Guan · Ying, Zhang · Fangfang, Feng · Zhaohui, Li · Liu, Yuehua · Zifeng, Wu · Xingxing, Zheng · Fu, Xionghui · Zhang, Yuanming · Wenbin, Liao · Jialu, Chen · Liu, Hongguang · Zhu, Yi · Wei, Yongge
Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2025