Electrochemical activation usually accompanies in situ atom rearrangement forming new catalytic sites with higher activity due to reconstructed atomic clusters or amorphous phases with abundant dangling bonds, vacancies, and defects. By harnessing the pre-catalytic process of reconstruction, a multilevel structure of CuNi alloy nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped carbon (CuNi nanoalloy@N/C) transforms into a highly active compound of Ni-doped CuO nanocluster supported on (N/O-C) co-doped C. Both the exposure of accessible active sites and the activity of individual active sites are greatly improved after the pre-catalytic reconstruction. Manipulating the Cu/Ni ratios of CuNi nanoalloy@N/C can tailor the electronic property and d-band center of the high-active compound, which greatly optimizes the energetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) intermediates. This interplay among Cu, Ni, C, N, and O modifies the interface, triggers the active sites, and regulates the work functions, thereby realizing a synergistic boost in OER.
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