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Analysis of electrocatalytic reaction schemes: distinction between rate-determining and potential-determining steps

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10008-012-1918-x

1433-0768

Marc T. M. Koper,

Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

This paper discusses the concepts of rate-determining step and potential-determining step in the context of electrocatalytic reaction schemes, illustrates how the simpler concept of potential-determining step often captures the essence of a bottleneck in a reaction scheme, and thereby provides straightforward hints for developing better catalysts.