Universal Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi Relations for C–C, C–O, C–N, N–O, N–N, and O–O Dissociation Reactions

Shengguang Wang, Burcin Temel, Juan Shen, Glenn Jones, Lars Grabow, Felix Studt, Thomas Bligaard, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Claus H. Christensen, Jens Kehlet Nørskov

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Abstract

It is shown that for all the essential bond forming and bond breaking reactions on metal surfaces, the reactivity of the metal surface correlates linearly with the reaction energy in a single universal relation. Such correlations provide an easy way of establishing trends in reactivity among the different transition metals.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCatalysis Letters
Volume141
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)370-373
ISSN1011-372X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Coupling reactions
  • Stepped surfaces
  • Density functional theory
  • BEP relations
  • Scaling relations
  • Bond breaking reactions

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