Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5SC05135E, Edge Article Jinjing Tao, Xin Guan, Xiaolong Yang, Jingsen Bai, Chuanfu Li, Xiaohui Liu, Minhua Shao, Meiling Xiao, Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing Atomically dispersed transition metal, nitrogen co-doped carbon (M-N-C) is hailed as the most promising platinum alternative for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), while their practical deployment is bottlenecked by the inferior...