Approaches to evaluation the activation energy of hydrogen evolution reaction process in the presence of acridine derivatives

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the developing of electrocatalytic systems based on organic molecules can be considered as the most promising direction in the field of electrocatalysis due to their characteristics, as well as the possibility of their variation. In this regard, it is important to study in detail the regularities of the catalytic process. In the presented article, using the method of cyclic voltammetry and theoretical data, the activation energy of the process proceeding in solutions of acridine salts will be calculated. The data obtained will allow a more detailed ap- proach to the development of metal-free electrocatalysts for the production of molecular hydrogen.