“…The peak that corresponds to Fe 2 Pi ss ignificantly reduced relative to that of the catalystp rior to the polarization experiments,w hich suggestst hat an ew active ironbased species is generated duringt he OERp rocess. As shown in Figure S5, bands situated at 262 and 509 cm À1 and the strong bands at 715 and 377 cm À1 can be indexed to a-FeOOH, b-FeOOH, and g-FeOOH, [83,84] and the weak bands at 301, 530, 661, and 388 cm À1 are causedb yF e 3 O 4 and a-Fe 2 O 3 ; [85,86] only as mall band at 488 cm À1 pertainingt oF e 3 P [87] can be found, which confirms the formation and coexistence of M 2 O 3 ,M 3 O 4 ,a nd M(O)OH( M= Fe, Mn) during the OER process. The contact conditions between the catalyst and electrolyte are ac ritical factor affecting the catalytic performance.…”