articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyJan 27, 2026Closed access

Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Hetero-Asymmetrical Dual Active Sites Break the Activity-Stability Trade-Off for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering · Beijing University of Chemical Technology · +7 more institutions

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Abstract

Regulating the reaction pathway to overcome the activity-stability trade-off of catalysts is significant but remains highly challenging in acidic oxygen evolution reactions (OERs). Herein, we incorporated atomically dispersed Ru into an oxygen vacancy-rich (Ovc) MnO2–x host through a combination of hydrothermal reaction, argon-plasma bombardment, and isomorphic substitution, resulting in a distinctive catalyst (Ru-AP-MnO2–x) featuring Ovc-mediated heteroasymmetric dual-active-site Mn–Ovc–Ru units. Impressively, the Ru-AP-MnO2–x catalyst achieved a low overpotential of 233 mV at 100 mA cm–2 and demonstrated an exceptional stability for >5000 h at 10 mA cm–2 in 0.5 M H2SO4. When used in a proton exchange…

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