The “Best Catalyst” for Water Oxidation Depends on the Oxidation Method Employed: A Case Study of Manganese Oxides

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Abstract

Manganese oxides are a highly promising class of water-oxidation catalysts (WOCs), but the optimal MnOx formulation or polymorph is not clear from previous reports in the literature. A complication not limited to MnOx-based WOCs is that such catalysts are routinely evaluated by different methods, ranging from the use of a chemical oxidant such as Ce(4+), photoactive mediators such as [Ru(bpy)3](2+), or electrochemical techniques. Here, we report a systematic study of nine crystalline MnOx materials as WOCs and show that the identity of the "best" catalyst changes, depending on the oxidation method used to probe the catalytic activity.

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