Electrical currents resulting from reduction/oxidation processes of tested particles on “inner” and “outer” surfaces of electroactive polymer films

Abstract

Heterogeneous reactions of tested particles proceeding on electroactive films with different kinds of thin pores are described formally in terms of diffusion equations complicated with an accompanying volume reaction inside the film interior. As it is shown, in polarization curves of such processes, there might appear limiting flows, which are essentially smaller than the limiting diffusion flow of tested particles in the bathing electrolyte. These flows should not depend on a film pores’ topology, but be determined by the ratio of the total surface of pores and the visible film one. The obtained results are compared with those followed for the case when tested particles actually inculcate into the film matrix and react with either oxor red-fragments of the film. Identification criteria of the compared mechanisms are discussed.