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Existing catalyst\u2010design strategies primarily optimize static adsorption energetics but rarely address the dynamic evolution of proton transport and interfacial water networks under operating conditions. Herein, we establish a proton\u2010routing interface via integrating axial Cl ligands and in\u2010plane B sites into Ni single\u2010atom catalysts (SACs) to dynamically regulate proton transport and interfacial water structure under operating potentials. At low current densities, axial Cl ligands suppress proton accessibility by disrupting the interfacial hydrogen\u2010bond network, thereby kinetically inhibiting HER. At industrial\u2010current\u2010density conditions, the B sites promote localized water dissociation while simultaneously restricting disordered proton diffusion, enabling targeted proton delivery toward neighboring Ni active centers for efficient proton\u2010coupled CO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    electroreduction. Meanwhile, the synergistic electronic modulation induced by Cl and B optimizes the adsorption energetics of key *COOH and *CO intermediates. Consequently, the optimized Cl\u2500\u2010Ni\u2500NB\/CNT catalyst achieves a CO Faradaic efficiency (FE\n                    <jats:sub>co<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) of 98.6% at 200\u00a0mA cm\n                    <jats:sup>\u22122<\/jats:sup>\n                    with remarkable operational stability over 100\u00a0h in acidic media. This work introduces a potential\u2010dependent proton\u2010management strategy that transcends traditional electronic\u2010structure\u2010centered catalyst design, providing a generalizable paradigm for steering proton\u2010coupled electrocatalytic pathways.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/anie.4591778","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,25]],"date-time":"2026-09-25T04:19:27Z","timestamp":1790309967000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Potential\u2010Dependent Proton Routing Through Interfacial Water Programming for Acidic CO\n                    <sub>2<\/sub>\n                    Electroreduction"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"given":"Zhe","family":"Deng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University  Xi'an 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