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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 607, Issue 1-2, Pages 37-46Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.10.011
Keywords
electro-oxidation of hydrogen; underpotential deposition of hydrogen; ab initio molecular dynamics
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A combined direct molecular dynamics/density-functional theoretical study of the electro-oxidation of hydrogen at the Pt(1 1 1)/water interface has been carried out to provide insights into the reaction mechanism. The H-2 oxidation proceeds via the Heyrovsky process - a heterolytic bond breaking brought about by the impinging hydrogen molecule striking the metal surface. The products are a hydrated H+ ion and a strongly adsorbed hydrogen atom lying nearly flat in a bridging position on the Pt(1 1 1) surface. The bridging H interacts only weakly with the aqueous phase of the metal/solution interface and imparts unique electronic and vibrational properties characteristic of underpotentially deposited H. Potential-dependent activation energies for the hydrogen redox reactions were evaluated. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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