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

Wang SG; Temel B; Shen JA; Jones G; Grabow LC; Studt F; Bligaard T; Abild-Pedersen F; Christensen CH; Norskov JK

Catalysis Letters, Vol.141, No.3, 370-373, 2011

DOI10.1007/s10562-010-0477-y Export Citation

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

Wang SG, Temel B, Shen JA, Jones G, Grabow LC, Studt F, Bligaard T, Abild-Pedersen F, Christensen CH, Norskov JK

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.

Keywords:Density functional theory;Stepped surfaces;Coupling reactions;Bond breaking reactions;BEP relations;Scaling relations