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·2025
Spin‐polarized Acidic Water Electrolysis with Antenna‐Reactor Plasmonic Electrocatalysts
Kyunghee Chae, Heejun Lee, Wen‐Tse Huang, Jaehyun Son, Bertrand Pavageau, Tae‐Hyun Kim, S. T. Lee, Jeongwon Kim, Jooho Moon, Ru‐Shi Liu, Joonho Bang, Dong Ha Kim
IF 26.8Advanced Materials
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Water electrolysis, driven by renewable electricity, offers a sustainable path for hydrogen production. However, efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts are needed to overcome the high overpotentials of both the oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction. To address this, a novel catalyst system is developed integrating plasmonic nanoreactors with chirality-induced spin selectivity. In this system, chiral Au nanoparticles act as antennae, while single-atom iridium serves as the catalytic reactor, achieving a 3.5 fold increase in reaction kinetics (at 1.57 V vs RHE) compared to commercial IrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts and enhancing durability by over 4.8 times relative to conventional Pt/C || IrO<sub>2</sub> systems. Density functional theory and operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveal that plasmon-driven spin alignment polarizes the Ir atom, significantly enhancing stability (>480 h at 100 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>) under acidic conditions. This work represents a major advance in spin polarization for plasmonic electrocatalysis, offering a new route to sustainable energy solutions.

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Oxygen evolutionMaterials scienceCatalysisHydrogen productionElectrocatalystPhotochemistryPlasmonWater splittingElectrolysis of waterBifunctional
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26.8 / 5
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2025