Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.102, No.6, 909-914, 1998
Stability analysis of the oscillatory electrodissolution of copper with impedance spectroscopy
Impedance spectroscopy is applied to quantitatively characterize the bifurcations leading to current oscillations during anodic dissolution of a copper rotating-disk electrode in sodium acetate-glacial acetic acid and o-phosphoric acid electrolytes under potentiostatic control. The line of Hopf bifurcations in a diagram spanned by the uncompensated series resistance and the true electrode potential has been constructed by measuring the linear frequency response of the electrochemical systems. On the basis of impedance data, we have also determined the critical frequency by which oscillations emerge at the bifurcation points. Qualitative differences in the origin of current oscillations in the studied systems are explained by the results of experimental linear stability analysis with impedance spectroscopy.
Keywords:MIXED-MODE OSCILLATIONS;PHOSPHORIC-ACID;ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM;ANODIC-DISSOLUTION;SEQUENCE;BEHAVIOR;CHAOS