Table 1. Standard electrode and Nernst electrode potentials vs. SHE of the involved half-cell reactions.
Half cell | E 0 [V] | E NERNST [V] | Source E0 |
e– + [AuCl2]– ⇌ Au0 + 2Cl– | 1.15 | 0.97 ± 0.03 | 36 |
e– + H2O ⇌ eaq– | –2.79 | –2.28 ± 0.36 | 26 |
e– + H+ ⇌ H˙ | –2.23 | –2.09 ± 0.15 | 26 |
O2 + H+ + e– ⇌ HO2˙ | –0.04 | –0.27 ± 0.12 | 27 |
2H2O + 2e– ⇌ H2 + 2OH– | –0.83 | –0.26 ± 0.42 | 37 |
2H+ + 2e– ⇌ H2 | 0.00 | –0.09 ± 0.05 | 37 |
O2 + e– ⇌ O2˙– | –0.33 | 0.05 ± 0.14 | 27 |
O2 + 2H+ + 2e– ⇌ H2O2 | 0.70 | 0.49 ± 0.12 | 37 |
O2– + H+ + e– ⇌ HO2– | 1.02 | 0.65 ± 0.16 | 27 |
O2 + 2H2O + 4e– ⇌ 4OH– | 0.40 | 0.78 ± 0.28 | 37 |
HO2˙ + e– ⇌ HO2– | 0.73 | 0.88 ± 0.24 | 27 |
O2˙– + 2H+ + e– ⇌ H2O2 | 1.73 | 0.92 ± 0.28 | 27 |
O2 + 2H+ + 4e– ⇌ 2H2O | 1.27 | 0.98 ± 0.12 | 37 |
H2O2 + 2H+ + e– ⇌ 2H2O | 1.76 | 1.05 ± 0.25 | 37 |
HO2˙ + H+ + e– ⇌ H2O2 | 1.46 | 1.18 ± 0.13 | 38 |
OH˙ + e– ⇌ OH– | 1.83 | 1.95 ± 0.12 | 27 |