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Tohoku University

Figure 1

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Reaction scheme for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water electrolysis. As the size of Ir particles decreases, the fraction of surface Ir atoms increases, leading to significantly enhanced catalytic activity.

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Negishi et al.

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