This study reports an adsorption-independent O2 activation pathway for superior ¹O2 electrosynthesis via an O2 mono-hydrogenation process on compressive-strained rutile TiO2. The compressive-strained TiO2 suppresses the formation of reductive unsaturated sites for O2 adsorption and enhances the reductive ability of atomic hydrogen, thereby enabling direct O2 hydrogenation into free •OOH without the O2 adsorption.
- Ruizhao Wang
- Jie Dai
- Lizhi Zhang
