Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1993, 58, 496-505
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19930496

Influence of Partial Blocking of the Electrode Surface on the Transfer Coefficients

Ondřej Wein

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02 Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic

Abstract

Partial blocking of the transport surface under the stagnant (nerst) layer is simulated by periodically alternating bands of perfectly insulating zones and active zones with a constant potential of driving force. The numeric solution of the corresponding two-dimensional elliptic problem is represented by a simple empirical correlation for the transfer coefficients. The result is interpreted in terms of a simple electrochemical problem about limiting diffusion currents at electrodes with non-uniform surface activity.