Fundamentals of Electrocatalysis

Abstract The sections in this article are Introduction The Electrical Double Layer and Potentials The Electrical Double Layer The Work Function of an Electrode, the Electrode Potential and the Potential of Zero Charge Potentials in Galvanic or Electrolytic Cells Electrode Kinetics Kinetics of One‐Step Electrode Reactions Multistep Reactions Fundamentals of Electrocatalysis Primary Effects: Heat of Adsorption and Volcano Plots Secondary Effects: Double Layer Structure The Hydrogen Oxidation/Evolution Reaction Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms Influence of the Electrode Material on the HER / HOR Hydrogen Adsorption on Electrode Surfaces The Oxygen Reduction and the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Reaction Mechanisms: Relation to the Electrode Material Oxygen Adsorption and Formation of Surface Oxides and Their Relation to the ORR Structural and Particle Size Effects in the ORR ORR Electrocatalysis for Low‐Temperature Fuel Cells Oxygen Evolution Reaction Outlook Acknowledgement