Surface topography and electrical response of metal-electrolyte interfaces

Autor: J.B. Bates, Y.T. Chu
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Solid State Ionics. :1388-1395
ISSN: 0167-2738
DOI: 10.1016/0167-2738(88)90391-8
Popis: The small-signal impedance of chemical cells with “blocking” electrodes is dominated at low frequencies ( f Hz ) by the impedance of the metal-electrolyte interfaces, which is accurately represented by Z rmi = A (j ω ) − n . The frequency exponent n , n n to the fractal dimension d of the rough interface. However, we have found no correlation between n and d from experiments using aqueous electrolytes and metal and semiconductor electrodes. A new model for the transient response of a rough electrode-electrolyte interface to a constant voltage pulse is proposed. Computer simulations, similar to the diffusion limited aggregation model, using measured profiles as fixed (non-growing) clusters, gave exponent n in good agreement with experiments.
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