Understanding the molecular details of photoelectrochemical water oxidation is challenging. Now, theoretical and experimental evidence suggests that the accumulation of three adjacent holes is key to enabling the efficient oxidation of water to molecular oxygen on semiconducting oxides.
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Rao, R.R., Mesa, C.A. & Durrant, J.R. Better together. Nat Catal 5, 844–845 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00861-9
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