Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution

If and how non-bonding ligands mediate the electronic states of metal sites is interesting yet remains to be explored. Here the authors show that a non-covalent phenanthroline can promote the population of Co4+ and induce polaron-like Co sites for improved water oxidation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qianbao Wu, Junwu Liang, Mengjun Xiao, Chang Long, Lei Li, Zhenhua Zeng, Andraž Mavrič, Xia Zheng, Jing Zhu, Hai-Wei Liang, Hongfei Liu, Matjaz Valant, Wei Wang, Zhengxing Lv, Jiong Li, Chunhua Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36718-3