Interpreting Tafel behavior of consecutive electrochemical reactions through combined thermodynamic and steady state microkinetic approaches
J. Tyler Mefford, Zhenghang Zhao, Michal Bajdich, William C. Chueh
Abstract
A combined DFT and microkinetic model is developed to interpret the experimental oxygen evolution reaction Tafel behavior on CoO<sub>x</sub>(OH)<sub>2−x</sub> electrocatalysts.
Topics & Concepts
Tafel equationThermodynamicsSteady state (chemistry)ElectrochemistryChemistryOxygen evolutionMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryElectrodePhysicsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAdvanced battery technologies researchElectrochemical Analysis and Applications