articleACS CatalysisJan 19, 2026Closed access

Electronic Bridges-Stabilized Fe–Cu Twin-Sites Circumvent Scaling Relationship for Robust Acidic Oxygen Reduction

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Abstract

The acidic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as the soul process in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, faces fundamental limitations due to linear scaling relations (LSR) among adsorption energies at active sites. This intrinsic constraint typically leads to trade-offs between activity enhancement and compromised selectivity/stability. Here, the second-shell coordination engineering was proposed to construct the heteronuclear twin-site FeCu (TW-FeCu) catalyst, that can directly cleave the O–O bond without formation of sluggish *OOH species to disrupt the LSR of intermediate adsorption and minimize the activation energy for O–O bond scission. This well-designed Tw-FeCu catalyst demonstrates superior activity…

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