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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2020

Combining Theory and Experiment to Characterize the Voltammetric Behavior of Nickel Anodes in the Simons Process.

Stefan Mattsson, Gene Senges, Sebastian Riedel, Beate Paulus

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stefan MattssonInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6618-7950
Gene SengesInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1776-6718
Sebastian RiedelInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34-36, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-5719
Beate PaulusInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-4949
Freie Universität Berlin · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 387284271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Simons process, otherwise known as the electrochemical fluorination (ECF) method, is widely used in industry to electrolytically synthesize chemicals for various purposes. Even to this day, the exact mechanism of the ECF reaction remains unknown, but is believed to involve the formation of an anodic nickel fluoride film with highly oxidized nickel centers. In this study, experiments and density functional theory calculations are combined to characterize the initial anodic peak occurring at potentials typically required in an ECF cell. NiF

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cyclic voltammetryelectrocatalysisfluorinationnickel fluoridesquantum-chemical calculations

Identifiers

PMID32378744
PMCPMC7497199
OpenAlexW3021571002

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