Twisto-electrochemical activity volcanoes in Trilayer Graphene

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Main Authors: Babar, Mohammad, Zhu, Ziyan, Kurchin, Rachel, Kaxiras, Efthimios, Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian
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Published: 2023
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author Babar, Mohammad
Zhu, Ziyan
Kurchin, Rachel
Kaxiras, Efthimios
Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian
author_facet Babar, Mohammad
Zhu, Ziyan
Kurchin, Rachel
Kaxiras, Efthimios
Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian
contents In this work, we develop a twist-dependent electrochemical activity map, combining a tight-binding electronic structure model with modified Marcus-Hush-Chidsey kinetics in trilayer graphene. We identify a counterintuitive rate enhancement region spanning the magic angle curve and incommensurate twists of the system geometry. We find a broad activity peak with a ruthenium hexamine redox couple in regions corresponding to both magic angles and incommensurate angles, a result qualitatively distinct from the twisted bilayer case. Flat bands and incommensurability offer new avenues for reaction rate enhancements in electrochemical transformations.
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spellingShingle Twisto-electrochemical activity volcanoes in Trilayer Graphene
Babar, Mohammad
Zhu, Ziyan
Kurchin, Rachel
Kaxiras, Efthimios
Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
In this work, we develop a twist-dependent electrochemical activity map, combining a tight-binding electronic structure model with modified Marcus-Hush-Chidsey kinetics in trilayer graphene. We identify a counterintuitive rate enhancement region spanning the magic angle curve and incommensurate twists of the system geometry. We find a broad activity peak with a ruthenium hexamine redox couple in regions corresponding to both magic angles and incommensurate angles, a result qualitatively distinct from the twisted bilayer case. Flat bands and incommensurability offer new avenues for reaction rate enhancements in electrochemical transformations.
title Twisto-electrochemical activity volcanoes in Trilayer Graphene
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00028