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. 2011 Jun 29;50(33):7650–7654. doi: 10.1002/anie.201101459

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Searching for good catalysts by means of the involved chemical potentials. The chemical potentials of reactant and product (µ_R and µ_P) set the boundaries for the chemical potential of the surface intermediate (µ_I, zone 1). On good catalysts, this zone can only be slightly relaxed for the standard chemical potential of the surface intermediate (, zone 2). Thus, surfaces of catalysts related to and are very likely to be good catalysts, whereas surfaces related to and cannot be good catalysts.

Inline graphic — Searching for good catalysts by means of the involved chemical potentials. The chemical potentials of reactant and product (µ_R and µ_P) set the boundaries for the chemical potential of the surface intermediate (µ_I, zone 1). On good catalysts, this zone can only be slightly relaxed for the standard chemical potential of the surface intermediate (, zone 2). Thus, surfaces of catalysts related to and are very likely to be good catalysts, whereas surfaces related to and cannot be good catalysts.