The equations for the activity coefficients and the corresponding excess electrochemical Gibbs energy of mixing of surface solutions in a Universal Functional Group Activity Coefficient (UNIFAC) model for a general case of multicomponent surface mixture, have been derived. Next, the general equations were simplified and used to describe the electrosorption of 1-propanol at a mercury electrode. Sample theoretical investigations of other binary systems were also carried out. In the future the presented theory should make it possible to identify, compile, and universally use the characteristic contributions resulting from different functional groups. It is also shown that the surface pressure equation that has been used for many years in literature and treated as approximate, can be alternatively interpreted. A flexible and general expression for the excess electrochemical. Gibbs energy of mixing function, δ G ̄ E , which could be used in our generalized theory of electrosorption has been derived. Additionally the corresponding equation for the electrosorption isotherm expressed in terms of surface coverage has been presented.
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