Determining the hydronium pK[Formula: see text] at platinum surfaces and the effect on pH-dependent hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics

Autor: Guangyan, Zhong, Tao, Cheng, Aamir Hassan, Shah, Chengzhang, Wan, Zhihong, Huang, Sibo, Wang, Tianle, Leng, Yu, Huang, William A, Goddard, Xiangfeng, Duan
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(39)
ISSN: 1091-6490
Popis: Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is critical for green hydrogen generation and exhibits distinct pH-dependent kinetics that have been elusive to understand. A molecular-level understanding of the electrochemical interfaces is essential for developing more efficient electrochemical processes. Here we exploit an exclusively surface-specific electrical transport spectroscopy (ETS) approach to probe the Pt-surface water protonation status and experimentally determine the surface hydronium pK
Databáze: OpenAIRE