介观物理学
选择性
电解质
电化学
电催化剂
大规模运输
化学物理
交换电流密度
材料科学
纳米技术
电极
化学
工程物理
物理
物理化学
催化作用
有机化学
量子力学
塔菲尔方程
作者
Hendrik H. Heenen,Hemanth Somarajan Pillai,Karsten Reuter,Vanessa J. Bukas
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41929-024-01177-6
摘要
Abstract Electrocatalytic selectivity is often discussed at the atomic level on the basis of the active site, while ignoring more subtle effects of mesoscopic mass transport. Here we show how transport controls selectivity through the exchange of surface-bound reaction intermediates between the electrode and bulk electrolyte. We argue that the arising kinetic competition changes with the catalyst’s surface area and can become relevant for technologically important reactions including, for example, different products during the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on Cu-based catalysts. Combining microkinetic and transport modelling in a multi-scale approach, we specifically explore and quantify this effect for various showcase examples in the experimental literature. Despite its simplicity, our model correctly reproduces selectivity trends with respect to catalyst roughness on all meso-, micro- and atomic scales. The resulting insight provides an alternative or, at least, complementary explanation to changes in electrocatalytic selectivity that have otherwise been attributed to nano-structuring of active sites or electronic effects due to doping or alloying.
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