Nature communications
Potential-dependent polaron formation activates TiO2 for the hydrogen evolution reaction.
Tongwei Wu, Xiaoxi Guo, Guangjie Zhang, Yanning Zhang, Li Song, Zheng Liu, Hui Zhang, Shucheng Shi, Limin Liu, Marko M Melander, Karoliina Honkala
Published: 202610.1038/s41467-026-68892-5
Abstract
Polarons play a crucial role in determining the (photo)electrocatalytic activity of semiconductors. Traditionally, polarons are introduced ex situ and irreversibly during catalyst synthesis, but herein we present a fundamentally different approach of…
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