Single Metal Atom Catalysts and ORR : H-Bonding, Solvation, and the Elusive Hydroperoxyl Intermediate
The widely investigated oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is well-known to proceed via two competing routes, involving two or four electrons, and yielding different reaction products, respectively. Both pathways are believed to share a common, elusive intermediate, namely, the hydroperoxyl radical. By exploiting a cobalt single-atom biomimetic model catalyst, based on a self-assembled monolayer
