Acceleration of the homogeneous and electrochemical reductions of dioxygen in aprotic media by ammonium ions. is the driving force a function of NH 4 concentration? What is the mechanism of the reaction?

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 12877-12880

  Costentin, Cyrille ^a   Robert, Marc ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; ELECTRON PROTON TRANSFER MECHANISM; REACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 34648831617     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0750654     Document Type: Article

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