Electron-phonon coupling and coherent energy superposition induce spin-sensitive orbital degeneracy for enhanced acidic water oxidation.

ABSTRACT: The development of acid-stable water oxidation electrocatalysts is crucial for high-performance energy conversion devices. Different from traditional nanostructuring, here we employ an innovative microwave-mediated electron-phonon coupling technique to assemble specific Ru atomic patterns (instead of random Ru-particle depositions) on Mn_0.99Cr_0.01O₂ surfaces (Ru_MW-Mn_1-xCr_xO₂) in RuCl₃ solution because hydrated Ru-ion complexes can be uniformly activated to replace some Mn sites at nearby Cr-dopants through microwave-triggered energy coherent superposition with molecular rotations and collisions. This selective rearrangement in Ru_MW-Mn_1-xCr_xO₂ with particular s

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751390 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature