Electrolyte effects in electrocatalysis
Event details
| Date | 26.11.2020 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 19:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Marc Koper Leiden University, Netherlands |
| Location |
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Online
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
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Title: Electrolyte effects in electrocatalysis
In this talk, I will present some new results on the structure of the electrochemical double layer of platinum and gold single crystal electrodes. I will show that the Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory cannot explain the double layer capacitance of these interfaces, not even at low electrolyte concentrations. Based on these observations, I will suggest a new model for the electrochemical double layer. I will then discuss how this double-layer structure, or more specifically cations in the electrochemical double layer, may affect the kinetics of electrocatalytic H2 evolution and CO2 reduction, both the activity itself ànd the competition.
Practical information
- General public
- Free