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Limiting Current in a Flowing‐Electrolyte‐Type Droplet Cell
Author(s) -
Fushimi Koji,
Yamamoto Shunsuke,
Konno Hidetaka,
Habazaki Hiroki
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200800619
Subject(s) - limiting current , electrolyte , mass transfer , chemistry , current (fluid) , convection , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermodynamics , electrode , mechanics , chemical physics , electrochemistry , chromatography , physics
To the limit : Electrolyte flow accelerates the mass‐transfer process in a droplet cell (see picture). The limiting current in the cell is expressed as a sum of hydrodynamic and stagnant terms. The current derived from the latter term indicates that convective mass transfer in the cell would be changed dramatically at a significantly small volumetric flow rate.Convective mass transfer in a flowing‐electrolyte‐type droplet cell (f‐DC) is investigated for quantitative analysis of an electrode process and precise electrofabrication of microstructures using this device. The limiting current in the f‐DC was expressed theoretically and its practical equation is investigated experimentally by cyclic voltammetry in solutions containing a redox mediator. The limiting‐current equation in the f‐DC derived experimentally could be expressed as a sum of hydrodynamic and stagnant terms. The current derived from the latter term of the f‐DC is ten times larger than that in a conventional stagnant cell, thus indicating that the convective mass transfer in the cell would be changed dramatically at a small volumetric flow rate.