Study of the Mechanism of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at Raney Nickel Electrodes in the Presence of Organic Compounds
1994; Institute of Physics; Volume: 141; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1149/1.2054867
ISSN1945-7111
AutoresAmoy Kam Cheong, Andrzej Lasia, Jean Lessard,
Tópico(s)CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
ResumoThe hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has been studied at Raney nickel electrodes in the absence and presence of several organic compounds. A poisoning effect of nonreducible organic substrates on the kinetics of the HER was studied. It was found that only pyridine had a strong inhibiting effect on the HER. A compound having one reducible double bond,trans‐cinnamic acid, was used as a model in a study of the mechanism of the electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) reaction and its influence on the HER. It was established that the HER proceeds via the Volmer‐Hyrovsky reaction mechanism, and the slowest step is the Heyrovsky reaction.
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