Volcano plots in hydrogen electrocatalysis – uses and abuses

Sabatier’s principle suggests, that for hydrogen evolution a plot of the rate constant versus the hydrogen adsorption energy should result in a volcano, and several such plots have been presented in the literature. A thorough examination of the data shows, that there is no volcano once the oxide-cov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paola Quaino, Fernanda Juarez, Elizabeth Santos, Wolfgang Schmickler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2014-06-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.96