“…Early examples of the ED of oxyhydroxides involved the anodic deposition of aqueous solution species, most commonly containing transition metal 2+ cations (M 2+ ), onto conductive metal substrates under potentiostatic control to generate oxide thin films for (photo)electrocatalysis applications. [27,28] Cathodic ED is facilitated by pH changes local to the working electrode (WE) due to the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) increasing the concentration of hydroxide ions, which subsequently react with M 2+ to precipitate and deposit metal hydroxide species, M(OH) 2 , as thin films which can be further oxidised to the desired metal oxide. [29][30][31][32] Homogeneous cathodic deposition of the (oxyhydr-)oxide is only achieved provided that the reduction potential of M 2+ /M 0 is sufficiently more negative than that of H + /H 2 , otherwise the metallic form, M 0 , would be formed before the formation of the and/or CuO over Au surfaces.…”