Electrochemistry
Pore diameter flips ORR from kinetic to transport control
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Narrower Pt–Ni nanozyme channels raise ORR activity at low overpotential by concentrating protons, but at high overpotential O2 reacts at the pore mouth.
Key findings
69/52/34% of channels <2 nm across three etch ratios. Specific activity 3.3× higher at 0.95 V when only interiors are active. Kinetic regime favors smaller pores; mass-transport regime favors larger pores. EDL ~3, 1, 0.33 nm at 0.01/0.1/1 M HClO4.
Methodology
Authors etched Pt–Ni particles with different channel-size distributions, passivated exteriors with oleylamine, measured ORR vs electrolyte concentration, and modelled EDL overlap and O2 depletion.
Limitations
Active-site chemical identity inside vs outside is not independently proven; model assumes protons as the confined reactant.
How this study connects
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CV also appears as a supporting characterisation of materials and mechanisms: pore-confined Pt–Ni ORR, a stibnite/carbon sodium-ion composite, and a photoredox trifluoromethylation where CV of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone sits beside EPR and ¹⁸O labelling. Those papers are not primarily about teaching CV, but they still use a voltammogram as evidence.
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