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Chemical Communications

Reorienting Interfacial Water via Nanostructure Tip Effect to Accelerate Oxygen Reduction Kinetics

Pengbo Wang,   Youze Zeng,   Xukai Wang,   Xiaohui Liu,   Meiling Xiao  and  Jianbing Zhu  

Abstract

We report a strategy to enhance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics by modulating the localized electric field to reorient interfacial water structure. The optimized H-down configuration of interfacial water promotes the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process, leading to a dramatic increase in ORR activity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00883F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Feb 2026
Accepted
26 Mar 2026
First published
26 Mar 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript

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Reorienting Interfacial Water via Nanostructure Tip Effect to Accelerate Oxygen Reduction Kinetics

P. Wang, Y. Zeng, X. Wang, X. Liu, M. Xiao and J. Zhu, Chem. Commun., 2026, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00883F

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