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Electrocatalysis: present and future

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The development of electrocatalytic materials and our knowledge of the factors which determine catalytic activity are reviewed. To the present, the main aim has been to produce electrocatalysts which minimize overpotentials, particularly for gas evolving or consuming electrode reactions. In the future, however, materials which optimize the selectivity of more complex reactions may increase in importance. It must be recognized that the development of electrocatalysts has been essentially empirical and there remains a gulf between those who develop electrode materials and those who seek to understand the physical chemistry of electrocatalysis.

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Pletcher, D. Electrocatalysis: present and future. J Appl Electrochem 14, 403–415 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00610805

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