Interfacial engineering to construct an IrO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/WO<sub>3</sub> hetero-structured catalyst for efficient acidic OER catalysis
Zeyu Guan, Yuxiao Weng, Jiankun Li, Shiyi Li, Keyu Wang, Linfeng Lei, Yixing Wang, Linzhou Zhuang, Zhi Xu
Abstract
A heterogeneous interface structure between WO 3 and IrO x nanoclusters can be formed for robust acidic oxygen evolution catalysis, where the coordination environment of IrO x is regulated as WO 3 can provide electrons while IrO x accepts electrons.
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