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Diffusion and transport; Electrochemical interface; Electrode surfaces; Exchange currents; Impedance spectroscopy; Metallic interfaces; Phase field models; Potential gradients, Cyclic voltammetry; Phase interfaces, Electrodes
Abstract:
We show the transferability of the recently introduced concept of permeation from the context of finite dissipation in simple metallic interfaces to much more complicated electrochemical interfaces. The phenomenological bridge is formed by the exchange current, which can be measured by either impedance spectroscopy or by cyclic voltammetry. In a proof-of-concept phase field model, Nernst-Planck diffusion and transport of charged species in a potential gradient as the solution of the Poisson equation are considered. It is shown that charges build up on the outer electrode surface in a fashion resembling the electrochemical double layer. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.
