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Electrically reconfigurable heteronuclear dual-atom catalysts

Scrutinizing the dynamic reconfiguration mechanism of intermetallic single-atom catalysts reveals the chemical origin of the enhanced electrocatalysis performance.

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Fig. 1: Electric bias-driven reconfiguration mechanism in bi-atom heterocatalysts.

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Han, N., Chen, LH. & Su, BL. Electrically reconfigurable heteronuclear dual-atom catalysts. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20, 981–982 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01948-7

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