Estimating parameters from rotating ring disc electrode measurements [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.312 Generation, modification, storage
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: p. 1087-1099 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 255695
• Chủ đề: 1. 30 direct energy conversion; 2. Hydrodynamics; 3. Rotating ring disc electrodes; 4. Sensitivity analysis; 5. Simultaneous reactions

Tóm tắt

Rotating ring disc electrode (RRDE) experiments are a classic tool for investigating kinetics of electrochemical reactions. Several standardized methods exist for extracting transport parameters and reaction rate constants using RRDE measurements. Here in this work, we compare some approximate solutions to the convective diffusion used popularly in the literature to a rigorous numerical solution of the Nernst-Planck equations coupled to the three dimensional flow problem. In light of these computational advancements, we explore design aspects of the RRDE that will help improve sensitivity of our parameter estimation procedure to experimental data. We use the oxygen reduction in acidic media involving three charge transfer reactions and a chemical reaction as an example, and identify ways to isolate reaction currents for the individual processes in order to accurately estimate the exchange current densities.