Ligand effects enhancing low-temperature oxygen reduction kinetics in neutral conditions
Yongjian Zhao, Murong Huang, Yongshuai Kang, Yong Fang, Tianyou Zhao, Hu Wang, Jimmy Ou, Jiajun Liu, Meixi Zhong, Tao Wang, Xianhu Sun, Chenyang Zhao, Dan Wang
Abstract
The local PO microenvironment activates the adjacent C atom to modulate the oxygen adsorption through the Yeager model, thereby enhancing the ORR kinetics even in hostile environments with low temperatures and proton concentrations.
Topics & Concepts
KineticsReduction (mathematics)Ligand (biochemistry)OxygenChemistryOxygen reductionBiophysicsBiochemistryPhysical chemistryPhysicsBiologyMathematicsReceptorOrganic chemistryElectrodeElectrochemistryQuantum mechanicsGeometryElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionFuel Cells and Related MaterialsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures