Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes

Analytic solutions are derived for the alternating current voltammetry (ACV) harmonic waveforms of electrodeposition and gas evolution reactions where the surface activity of the reduced species R is constant. Reversible and quasi-reversible charge transfer kinetics are considered, as well as the ef...

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Main Authors: Caldwell, Andrew Harvey, Allanore, Antoine
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131072
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description Analytic solutions are derived for the alternating current voltammetry (ACV) harmonic waveforms of electrodeposition and gas evolution reactions where the surface activity of the reduced species R is constant. Reversible and quasi-reversible charge transfer kinetics are considered, as well as the effects of ohmic drop and double layer charging. It is shown that ohmic drop produces a characteristic distortion of the waveform envelopes, resulting in the emergence of waveform extrema in the higher harmonics that are distinct from those of the conventional ACV theory of soluble redox couples. A quantitative connection is made between the peak potential of the second harmonic and the electrode reaction parameters. The analytic solutions agree well with measurements of the fundamental, second, and third harmonic waveforms of Pb electrodeposition on liquid Pb and of Cl2 evolution on graphite in molten PbCl2-NaCl-KCl at 700 °C.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1310722022-10-01T02:15:52Z Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes Caldwell, Andrew Harvey Allanore, Antoine Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT Materials Research Laboratory Analytic solutions are derived for the alternating current voltammetry (ACV) harmonic waveforms of electrodeposition and gas evolution reactions where the surface activity of the reduced species R is constant. Reversible and quasi-reversible charge transfer kinetics are considered, as well as the effects of ohmic drop and double layer charging. It is shown that ohmic drop produces a characteristic distortion of the waveform envelopes, resulting in the emergence of waveform extrema in the higher harmonics that are distinct from those of the conventional ACV theory of soluble redox couples. A quantitative connection is made between the peak potential of the second harmonic and the electrode reaction parameters. The analytic solutions agree well with measurements of the fundamental, second, and third harmonic waveforms of Pb electrodeposition on liquid Pb and of Cl2 evolution on graphite in molten PbCl2-NaCl-KCl at 700 °C. 2021-07-13T16:14:49Z 2021-07-13T16:14:49Z 2020-03 2019-12 2021-07-12T16:24:32Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1572-6657 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131072 Caldwell, Andrew H. and Antoine Allanore. "Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes." Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 861 (March 2020): 113709. en http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.113709 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Prof. Allanore via Ye Li
spellingShingle Caldwell, Andrew Harvey
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Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title_full Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title_fullStr Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title_full_unstemmed Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title_short Alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity: Application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
title_sort alternating current voltammetry of electrode reactions with constant surface activity application to electrolysis of molten electrolytes
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131072
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