화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol.145, No.6, 1940-1949, 1998
Current distribution on a rotating disk electrode below the mass-transfer-limited current - Correction for finite Schmidt number and determination of surface charge distribution
The two-dimensional model for the current distribution on a rotating disk below the mass-transfer-limited current developed by Newman is extended here to account for the influence of a finite Schmidt number and to provide the charge distribution in the diffuse part of the double layer. A polynomial expansion in terms of Sc-1/3 is developed for the dimensionless concentration derivative at the electrode surface. The charge distribution is estimated under the assumption that specific adsorption can be neglected. This approach requires introduction of only one additional parameter corresponding to the distance between the metal surface and the plane of closest approach for solvated ions. Zero-frequency asymptotes for the local impedance values, determined from the steady-state calculations, are used to establish the need for a two-dimensional model for the impedance response of a disk electrode.