Revealing the direct role of cobalt in oxygen evolution reaction initiation over high-performance iridium-cobalt oxide catalysts
Abstract
Cobalt ions and oxygen vacancies in iridium oxide induce charge redistribution, enabling cobalt to promote water dissociation and facilitating O–O intermediate coupling, thus stabilizing the oxidation pathway mechanism in acidic media.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 18
- Pages
- 10646–10656
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN