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Oxygen stays put during water oxidation

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Despite being used as a water-oxidation catalyst in alkaline electrolysis for over a century, the details of how Ni–Fe (oxy)hydroxide catalysts function remains unclear. Now, using a nanoparticle model system, the intrinsic activity and underlying catalytic mechanism is probed.

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Fig. 1: Nanoparticle water-oxidation catalysts.

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Boettcher, S.W. Oxygen stays put during water oxidation. Nat Catal 1, 814–815 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0179-1

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