Correlating hydrogen oxidation and evolution activity on platinum at different pH with measured hydrogen binding energy

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sheng, Wenchao ^a   Zhuang, Zhongbin ^a   Gao, Minrui ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a   Chen, Jingguang G ^b   Yan, Yushan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM;

BUFFERING; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; PH; PLATINUM; REACTION KINETICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CURRENT DENSITY; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION; PH; POLARIZATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84961366493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6848     Document Type: Article

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