Hydrogen energy-based electrochemical energy conversion technologies offer the promise
of enabling a transition of the global energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewable energy …

Highlights•Adsorption-energy scaling relations may limit the efficiency of
electrocatalysts.•For O 2 evolution/reduction,* OOH vs* OH scaling is believed to cause …

The successful deployment of advanced energy‐conversion systems depends critically on
our understanding of the fundamental interactions of the key adsorbed intermediates …

It is known that breaking the scaling relations between the adsorption energies of* O,* OH,
and* OOH is paramount in catalyzing more efficiently the reduction of O2 in fuel cells and its …

Quantitative description of reaction mechanisms in aqueous phase electrochemistry
requires experimental characterization of local water structure at the electrode/aqueous …

Electrocatalytic activities are largely determined by the interplay of adsorbates with
substrates and solvents. Although capturing the interactions of those three components is …

Platinum and its alloys are active catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). 1 The
origin of their high activity and new directions for their enhancement have been provided in …

Electrocatalysts are mainly characterized by their intrinsic adsorption properties. However,
the observed electrocatalytic activity ultimately results from the interplay between such …

In this work, the structure of water and its interactions with various carbon dioxide reduction
intermediates adsorbed on a Cu (211) surface is investigated using density functional …

Cathodic corrosion is an electrochemical etching process that alters metallic surfaces by
creating nanoparticles and a variety of etching features. Because these features typically …