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

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.