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On the Theory of Electrocatalysis

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A theory of electrocatalysis developed in our group is presented and related to other theories of electrochemical electron transfer. As an example, the theory is applied to the first step in oxygen reduction on silver in alkaline media. It is shown, that this step occurs in the outer sphere mode.

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Acknowledgements

I gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR 1376), and thank CONICET for continued support. I am also grateful for a generous grant of computing time from the Baden-Württemberg grid.

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    Wolfgang Schmickler

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    Kohei Uosaki

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Schmickler, W. (2017). On the Theory of Electrocatalysis. In: Uosaki, K. (eds) Electrochemical Science for a Sustainable Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57310-6_4

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