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A platinum-disk ultramicroelectrode is used to monitor electrochemical potential variations inside the steady-state diffusion layer created by a larger electrode. The experimental potential variations result from combination of a pure electrochemical component (viz., as given by the Nernst law) with a smaller ohmic drop contribution, which varies linearly with the distance from the working electrode surface so that it can be readily eliminated. From the ensuing corrected potential variations, the concentration profiles of the electroactive species present within the diffusion layer can be reconstructed by application of the Nernst law. The validity and great interest of the method are demonstrated experimentally by the study of the one-electron reversible oxidation of the Fe(CN) 6 3y /Fe(CN) 6 4y couple in aqueous KCl solutions. As a correlation, this demonstrates also for the first time the validity of the Nernst layer approximation. The method is then applied to examine the specific structure of the diffusion layers, which result from the involvement of a conproportionation reaction during the second reduction of tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) in DMF.

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Author

Christian Amatore; Sabine Szunerits; Laurent Thouin

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1388-2481)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)