The Pitfalls of Using Potentiodynamic Polarization Curves for Tafel Analysis in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTThe Pitfalls of Using Potentiodynamic Polarization Curves for Tafel Analysis in Electrocatalytic Water SplittingSengeni Anantharaj*Sengeni AnantharajDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, JapanWaseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan*Email: [email protected] and [email protected]More by Sengeni Anantharajhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-2455, Suguru Noda*Suguru NodaDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, JapanWaseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan*Email: [email protected]More by Suguru Nodahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7305-5307, Matthias DriessMatthias DriessDepartment of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, GermanyMore by Matthias Driesshttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9873-4103, and Prashanth W. Menezes*Prashanth W. MenezesDepartment of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17 Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623 Berlin, Germany*Email: [email protected]More by Prashanth W. Menezeshttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-7690Cite this: ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 4, 1607–1611Publication Date (Web):March 31, 2021Publication History Received22 March 2021Accepted24 March 2021Published online31 March 2021Published inissue 9 April 2021https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00608https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00608article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2021 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views26897Altmetric-Citations281LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSupporting Info (1)»Supporting Information Supporting Information SUBJECTS:Catalysis,Charge transfer,Diffusion,Electrical properties,Electrochemical analysis,Polarization,Radiology Get e-Alerts