- Yu, Yun;
- Zhang, Kaidi;
- Parks, Holden;
- Babar, Mohammad;
- Carr, Stephen;
- Craig, Isaac M;
- Van Winkle, Madeline;
- Lyssenko, Artur;
- Taniguchi, Takashi;
- Watanabe, Kenji;
- Viswanathan, Venkatasubramanian;
- Bediako, D Kwabena
Tailoring electron transfer dynamics across solid-liquid interfaces is fundamental to the interconversion of electrical and chemical energy. Stacking atomically thin layers with a small azimuthal misorientation to produce moiré superlattices enables the controlled engineering of electronic band structures and the formation of extremely flat electronic bands. Here, we report a strong twist-angle dependence of heterogeneous charge transfer kinetics at twisted bilayer graphene electrodes with the greatest enhancement observed near the 'magic angle' (~1.1°). This effect is driven by the angle-dependent tuning of moiré-derived flat bands that modulate electron transfer processes with the solution-phase redox couple. Combined experimental and computational analysis reveals that the variation in electrochemical activity with moiré angle is controlled by a structural relaxation of the moiré superlattice at twist angles of <2°, and 'topological defect' AA stacking regions, where flat bands are localized, produce a large anomalous local electrochemical enhancement that cannot be accounted for by the elevated local density of states alone.