Universal dependence of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reaction activity of platinum-group metals on pH and hydrogen binding energy

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Sheng, Wenchao ^b   Zhuang, Zhongbin ^a   Xu, Bingjun ^a   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

BINDING ENERGY; BINS; CATALYSTS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; METALS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

EVOLUTION REACTIONS; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; HYDROGEN OXIDATION REACTION; HYDROXIDE EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PLATINUM GROUP METALS; RATE DETERMINING STEP;

PLATINUM METALS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN; METAL; PLATINUM;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLATINUM;

EID: 85002553215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501602     Document Type: Article

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