The Cover Feature shows a new approach for water electrolysis, by rethinking the reaction at the anode: n‐butyronitrile from n‐butylamine is selectively produced as an easily retrievable valuable product, instead of oxygen gas. We study industrially relevant oxygen evolution reaction catalysts, CoO_x, NiFeO_x, and NiO_x. They all show lower anodic potentials in the presence of n‐butylamonium sulfate, without poisoning the active sites of Pt electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution electrode side. The highest activities were observed for NiO_x thin‐film electrodes. More information can be found in the Communication by Xue, Watzele, et al. on page 4812 in Issue 24, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701802).

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封面人物：重新考虑水电解：在阴极处产生氢气，并在阳极处选择性氧化正丁胺（ChemSusChem 24/2017）

Cover Feature通过重新思考阳极反应来显示一种新的水电解方法：由正丁胺产生的正丁腈被选择性地生产为易于回收的有价产品，而不是氧气。我们研究与工业相关的氧气析出反应催化剂CoO _x，NiFeO _x和NiO _x。在存在硫酸正丁基铵的情况下，它们都显示出较低的阳极电势，而不会毒害Pt电催化剂在析氢电极侧的活性位。NiO _x薄膜电极的活性最高。可以在Xue，Watzele等人的《通讯》中找到更多信息。上2017年第24期，第4812页（DOI：10.1002 / cssc.201701802）。