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Two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e(-) ORR) offers a sustainable pathway for hydrogen peroxide production, yet its efficiency relies on cost-effective electrocatalysts with tailored active sites. Herein, a hybrid ZnO@ZnO2-x nanorod with tunable oxygen vacancies (O-v) in the outer-skin peroxidate thin film was developed as a neutral electrocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide production through cation-terminated facet-engineering and surface amorphous peroxidation. The optimized ZnO@ZnO2-x (named am-ZNR-180-24) electrocatalyst with a moderate oxygen vacancy concentration (similar to 17.9 at.% from XPS) on {0001} polar-facets demonstrates a nearly 100 % selectivity for H2O2 generation, achieving a high production rate of 11.63 molg(cat.)(-1)h(-1), with ultrahigh and stable Faradaic efficiency (>90 %) in a flow-cell system, which ranks among the highest levels of reported metal compounds electrocatalysts. Characterizations and theoretical results unveil that O-v on the polar (002) plane modulate the Zn 3d-band center, optimizing the adsorption of *OOH intermediates to favor 2e(-) ORR.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
ISSN: 0021-9797
Year: 2025
Volume: 695
9 . 4 0 0
JCR@2023
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