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Electrocatalysis

Greater than the sum of its parts

Nature Energy volume 6, pages 576–577 (2021)Cite this article

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The performance of electrocatalysts depends on material properties that may differ spatially even within a single particle. Now, a combination of operando microscopy techniques is used to correlate morphology and metal oxidation state with local activity of an oxygen evolution catalyst, which may help to guide future catalyst design.

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Fig. 1: Mapping activity.

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