摘要
Water oxidation,an essential step in photosynthesis,has attracted intense research attention.Understanding the reaction pathways at the electrocatalyst/water interface is of great importance for the development of water oxidation catalysts.How the water is oxidized on the electrocatalyst surface by the positive charges is still an open question.This review summarizes current advances in studies on surface chemistry within the context of water oxidation,including the intermediates,reaction mechanisms,and their influences on the reaction kinetics.The Tafel analyses of some electrocatalysts and the rate-laws relative to charge consumption rates are also presented.Moreover,how the multiple charge transfer relies on the intermediate coverage and the accumulated charge numbers is outlined.Lastly,the intermediates and rate-determining steps on some water oxidation catalysts are discussed based on density functional theories.
基金
X.G.Y.and C.M.L.are supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U1604121 and 22008163)
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20180103)
Jiangsu Laboratory for Biochemical Sensing and Biochip,and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application.Y.X.W.and D.W.W.acknowledge the support by the U.S.Department of Energy,Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Science,Chemical Sciences,Geosciences,and Biosciences Division under Award Number DE-SC0020261.
