Study of the EE mechanism with adsorption of the intermediate at spherical and planar electrodes following a Langmuir’s isotherm

Abstract

The theory for the EE mechanism with adsorption of the intermediate following Langmuir’s isotherm has been developed for the expanding sphere with any power law electrode model. The equations obtained with this model are general and can be applied, for example, to a stationary plane electrode, to a stationary sphere electrode, and to the two models of dropping mercury electrode (DME), expanding plane and expanding sphere. The influence exerted by the sphericity of the electrode on the current-potential (I/E) curves and the characteristics of these curves are discussed.