Ligand effect on switching the rate-determining step of water oxidation in atomically precise metal nanoclusters

Abstract The ligand effects of atomically precise metal nanoclusters on electrocatalysis kinetics have been rarely revealed. Herein, we employ atomically precise Au25 nanoclusters with different ligands (i.e., para-mercaptobenzoic acid, 6-mercaptohexanoic acid, and homocysteine) as paradigm electroc...

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Main Authors: Zhihe Liu, Hua Tan, Bo Li, Zehua Hu, De-en Jiang, Qiaofeng Yao, Lei Wang, Jianping Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38914-7