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Estimating parameters from rotating ring disc electrode measurements

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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. 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.

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  1. Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, 80401, USA

    Shriram Santhanagopalan

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Ralph E. White

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Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 1225–1238.

This paper is the author’s contribution to the special issue of Russian Journal of Electrochemistry dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet electrochemist Veniamin G. Levich.

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Santhanagopalan, S., White, R.E. Estimating parameters from rotating ring disc electrode measurements. Russ J Electrochem 53, 1087–1099 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193517100111

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