Higher activation barriers can lift exothermic rate restrictions in electron transfer and enable faster reactions

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Mentel, Kamila K ^a   Serra, Arménio ^a   Abreu, Paulo E ^a   Arnaut, Luis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85050668669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05267-5     Document Type: Article

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