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The interfacial surface area and the electrode surface coverage by a product during the nucleation and growth of a new phase are modeled numerically and calculated analytically for electrochemical intercalation of lithium in aluminum in the course of which intermetallic compound Β-LiAl forms. As opposed to the theoretical calculation, the model accounts for mutual influence of the new-phase nuclei on their distribution over the cathode surface under conditions of noninstantaneous nucleation. The ordering of such a distribution varies extremally (passes through a maximum) with increasing size of zones where the nucleation probability is low and which surround the nuclei. This makes the dependence of a maximum specific interfacial area on the zone radius extremal as well. The model may be applied for analyzing potentiostatic current transients during cathodic intercalation of lithium in aluminum from a LiClO4 solution in propylene carbonate.
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Guterman, V.E., Mironova, L.N. Modeling a solid-phase electrochemical reaction of lithium intercalation in aluminum during a noninstantaneous nucleation of Β-LiAl. Russ J Electrochem 36, 417–423 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02756950
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