For more than a dozen years, “breaking scaling relations” has been regarded by many as a top priority in computational and experimental electrocatalysis. Numerous works claim to have done it, and literature reviews are available that summarize the strategies to do it. However, in most cases, it seems more like a slogan than a clear, experimentally realizable catalyst design paradigm. It is worth asking whether we know of any materials that unmistakably break scaling relations and, more importantly, if the breaking of a problematic scaling relation is the end of all troubles in electrocatalysis. On the basis of some quantitative examples related to CO2 electroreduction and the concept of “ghost scaling relation,” I will try to address these and other fundamental questions related to scaling relations.

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当我们谈论打破尺度关系时我们在谈论什么

十几年来，“打破标度关系”一直被许多人视为计算和实验电催化的首要任务。许多著作声称已经做到了这一点，并且文献综述总结了实现这一目标的策略。然而，在大多数情况下，它看起来更像是一个口号，而不是一个清晰的、可通过实验实现的催化剂设计范式。值得一问的是，我们是否知道有任何材料可以明确地打破比例关系，更重要的是，打破有问题的比例关系是否可以结束电催化中的所有麻烦。基于一些与 CO2 电还原相关的定量例子和“幽灵标度关系”的概念，我将尝试解决这些以及与标度关系相关的其他基本问题。