The Key Role of Solvation in Enhancing Electrochemical Promotion of Brønsted Acid Catalysis
Electrostatic polarization of catalyst-solution interfaces can modulate the rate of liquid-phase heterogeneous Brønsted acid catalysis by up to 5 orders of magnitude. Previous studies in acetonitrile establish that maximal rate-potential scaling emerges only at high ionic strength, indicating that rate promotion is s...