The data concerning the processes of current production that occur in the electrode system é 2 ,Pt/O 2-, which are available from relevant literature sources, are considered. Major progress in the understanding of the kinetics of an oxygen reaction has been attained with the application of model electrodes and cells, as well as at the expense of the application of such physical methods as a radiotracer method and atomic force microscopy. A discussion of model notions on the specific features of the occurrence of an oxygen reaction, which are formed on the basis of consideration of experimental results is the major subject matter of this communication. It is claimed that modernization of an existing model with allowance made for the fact of the existence, on the surface of an electrolyte with a face-centered cubic lattice, of a layer with another structure gives one a chance to also describe experimental results that cannot be described in the framework of an existing model.