Direct oxygen isotope effect identifies the rate-determining step of electrocatalytic OER at an oxidic surface

oleh: Sandra Haschke, Michael Mader, Stefanie Schlicht, André M. Roberts, Alfredo M. Angeles-Boza, Johannes A. C. Barth, Julien Bachmann

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Understanding reaction mechanisms is crucial for catalyst design. Here, natural-abundance isotope quantifications of O2 yield mechanistically significant reaction kinetic isotope effects for water oxidation over metal oxide electrodes, the bottleneck step of water electrolysis.