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An effective chemical way to optimize the oxygen electrocatalyst and Li‐O2 electrode functionalities of metal oxide can be developed by the control of chemical bond nature with the surface anchoring of highly oxidized selenate (SeO42−) clusters. The bond competition between (Se6+−O) and (Mn−O) bonds is quite effective in stabilizing Jahn–Teller‐active Mn3+ state and in increasing oxygen electron density of α‐MnO2 nanowire (NW). The selenate‐anchored α‐MnO2 NW shows excellent oxygen electrocatalytic activity and electrode performance for Li‐O2 batteries, which is due to the improved charge transfer kinetics and reversible formation/decomposition of Li2O2. The present study underscores that the surface anchoring of highly oxidized cluster can provide a facile, effective way of improving the oxygen electrocatalyst and electrochemical performances of nanostructured metal oxide in Li‐O2 cells.

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Hybridization between inorganic and organic nanostructures has attracted a great deal of research interest because of its usefulness as an efficient synthetic method for high-performance electrocatalysts. In this study, a...

Photocatalytic Activity of Semiconductor The application of homogeneously‐mixed RuO2/graphene nanosheets as hybridization matrices provides an effective universal methodology to improve the photocatalyst functionality of semiconductor nanocrystal via the improvement of visible light absorption, photocatalysis kinetics, and charge transfer kinetics. This is reported by Seong‐Ju Hwang and co‐workers in article number http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/solr.202000411.