Sabatier 1911: optimal-catalyst binds reactant moderately — too-weak = no activation, too-strong = poisoning. Volcano-plot of activity vs binding-energy. Foundational rationalisation. Modern DFT-volcano-plots.
Sabatier 1911: optimal-catalyst binds reactant moderately — too-weak = no activation, too-strong = poisoning. Volcano-plot of activity vs binding-energy. Foundational rationalisation. Modern DFT-volcano-plots.