Nature Communications, Published online: 15 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74349-6 An oxidant-free electrocatalytic system with an I-BiOI@CC anode is developed for phenolic polymerization via iodinemediated proton-coupled charge transfer, converting pollutants into recoverable solids with 97.1% selectivity and low toxicity.
Iodine-mediated proton-coupled electron transfer enables selective polymerization of organic pollutants in an oxidant-free electrocatalytic system
Irene M. C. Lo