Direct charge ejection for chemical electric generation

TL;DR

This paper reports a novel chemical reaction mechanism where molecular kinetic energy is directly transferred to an electron, enabling a new form of chemical electric generation that bypasses traditional potential energy transfer.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of direct charge ejection from chemical reactions, challenging the Born-Oppenheimer approximation and proposing a new energy transfer pathway.

Findings

Experimental evidence supports direct energy transfer to electrons.

Nearly all molecular kinetic energy is transferred to a single electron.

This mechanism resembles battery energy transfer but occurs during chemical reactions.

Abstract

A particular type of surface chemical reaction resulted in direct charge ejection. Several different experimental observations strongly support the hypothesis that nearly all of the molecular kinetic energy of a highly excited vibrating molecule was transferred to the kinetic energy of a single electron in a conducting lattice, leaving the molecule in nearly its ground state. This kinetic energy transfer represents the counterpart to the potential energy transfer in a battery, where electrochemical potential energy of reactants is transferred to the electrical potential energy of a separated charge. Here chemical reaction energy is transferred directly to the kinetic energy of a charge instead of to the potential energy of a charge. These observations indicate a breakdown of the Born Oppenheimer approximation.