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We present a model Hamiltonian for electrochemical electron transfer, and use Green’s functions as the starting point for three different approaches to the calculation of rate constants: first order perturbation theory, which is equivalent to the Levich and Dogonadze theory, the calculation of adiabatic free energy surfaces, and propagation in time. We discuss the similarities and differences between these methods.
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Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 1334–1341.
This paper is the author’s contribution to the special issue of Russian Journal of Electrochemistry dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet electrochemist Veniamin G. Levich.
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Schmickler, W. Adiabatic and non-adiabatic electrochemical electron transfer in terms of Green’s function theory. Russ J Electrochem 53, 1182–1188 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193517100123
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