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Cyclic Voltammetry

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Dear All,
I am working on cyclic voltammetry on a 3-d model based on the 2-D model in the model exchange forum(www.comsol.co.in/community/exchange/203/). at lower scan rates I get the graph shown below (100mV/s) which shows certain anomaly while the voltage is increasing and at higher scan rates I get a spike at the beginning of the graph.
Can anyone please explain it to me what may be the reason that this is happening and help me with it.
Thank You


1 Reply Last Post 3 mars 2016, 04:25 UTC−5

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Posted: 9 years ago 3 mars 2016, 04:25 UTC−5
Hi

You get the initial spike because the initial concentrations of the redox couple are

[Ox] = C_bulk*TH/(1 + TH)
[Red] = C_bulk/(1 + TH)

where TH = exp[nF/RT(E_i - E °')] and E_i = initial potential of the scan; C_bulk is the concentration of your electrolyte.

I got the same pattern before I changed the initial concentrations like that.

BR
Lasse
Hi You get the initial spike because the initial concentrations of the redox couple are [Ox] = C_bulk*TH/(1 + TH) [Red] = C_bulk/(1 + TH) where TH = exp[nF/RT(E_i - E °')] and E_i = initial potential of the scan; C_bulk is the concentration of your electrolyte. I got the same pattern before I changed the initial concentrations like that. BR Lasse

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