Electronic Work Function and Related Values in Electrochemical Kinetics

Electronic Work Function and Related Values In Electrochemical Kinetics 

The role of the electronic work function in the kinetics of electrode reactions was elucidated in 1935 by Frumkin and has been discussed many times. 

Consider the same electrode reaction on electrodes of different metals, for example, 

ion is in the solution, the electron is in the metal, and substance A is in a macroscopic phase, e.g., in the solution or in the gaseous phase. 

Electron chemical potentials fieW and in different metals are 

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