Synergy of Single-Atom Platinum and Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of ZnFe
                    2
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                    Photoanodes with Surface State Reconstruction

Guang-Ping Yi; Jia-He Ru; Zhi-Ru Xie; Yi-Ping Zhao; Dong-Sheng Song; Hong Liu; Qiang Wang; Peng-Yi Tang

doi:10.1021/acscatal.5c06764

journal article Jan 13, 2026

Synergy of Single-Atom Platinum and Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of ZnFe 2 O 4 Photoanodes with Surface State Reconstruction

Guang-Ping Yi Jia-He Ru Zhi-Ru Xie Yi-Ping Zhao Dong-Sheng Song Hong Liu

Qiang Wang

Peng-Yi Tang

ACS Catalysis Vol. 16 No. 3 pp. 2244-2257 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Published: Jan 13, 2026
Vol/Issue: 16(3)
Pages: 2244-2257
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Authors

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Guang-Ping Yi

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Graduate Study; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

J

Jia-He Ru

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Graduate Study; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Zhi-Ru Xie

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology; Anhui University

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Yi-Ping Zhao

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Graduate Study; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Dong-Sheng Song

Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology; Anhui University

H

Hong Liu

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Qiang Wang

2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Peng-Yi Tang

National Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; School of Graduate Study; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 52204323

Chinese Academy of Sciences Award: E2XBRD1001

Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality Award: 25ZR1401378

Cite This Article

Guang-Ping Yi, Jia-He Ru, Zhi-Ru Xie, et al. (2026). Synergy of Single-Atom Platinum and Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of ZnFe 2 O 4 Photoanodes with Surface State Reconstruction. ACS Catalysis, 16(3), 2244-2257. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c06764

Synergy of Single-Atom Platinum and Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation of ZnFe 2 O 4 Photoanodes with Surface State Reconstruction

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