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    New Insight into the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction under Buffered Near-Neutral pH Conditions: Enthalpy and Entropy of Activation

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    Authors
    Shinagawa, Tatsuya cc
    Takanabe, Kazuhiro cc
    KAUST Department
    Catalysis for Energy Conversion (CatEC)
    Chemical Science Program
    KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2016-10-14
    Online Publication Date
    2016-10-14
    Print Publication Date
    2016-10-27
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/622435
    
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    Abstract
    Electrochemical conversion of thermodynamically stable chemicals of water and carbon dioxide is regarded as a core technology for achieving sustainability in our society. In both cases, the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a key reaction, particularly at near-neutral pH. This study addresses the kinetic aspects of the HER in buffered near-neutral pH conditions using a variety of electrode materials (W, Ni, Pt, Au, and Cu) over a wide temperature range (299–346 K). When the overall performance was summarized with respect to the binding energy of the reaction intermediate species, a classic volcano-shaped relationship was obtained. Interestingly, the temperature sensitivity analysis disclosed that smaller activation energies did not always lead to higher performance in 1.5 mol L–1 K-phosphate solution (pH 5.8). Detailed analysis of the temperature- and potential-dependent parameters revealed that smaller activation energies coincided with smaller values of the pre-exponential factor in the Arrhenius’ equation (associated with the entropy of activation). Due to the trade-off relationship of enthalpy–entropy compensation in the current system, the conventional approach of mixing elements of lower and higher binding energies to the intermediate species failed: even though Ni–Cu showed lower apparent activation energy, its activity toward the HER was between that of Ni and Cu due to the lowered entropy of activation. This study demonstrates the unrevealed fundamental aspects of the HER in buffered near-neutral condition, which contributes to the rational development of efficient energy and material conversion systems.
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    Shinagawa T, Takanabe K (2016) New Insight into the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction under Buffered Near-Neutral pH Conditions: Enthalpy and Entropy of Activation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120: 24187–24196. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07954.
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    The research reported in this work was supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
    Publisher
    American Chemical Society (ACS)
    Journal
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
    DOI
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07954
    Additional Links
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07954
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    10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07954
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    Articles; Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Chemical Science Program; KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

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