ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS ON PASSIVE CHROMIUM
ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS ON PASSIVE CHROMIUM
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DOI:
10.1149/1.2069049
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发表时间:
1992-11-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
BARD, AJ
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作者:
MOFFAT, TP;YANG, HJ;BARD, AJ
The kinetics of electron transfer between electrochemically passivated chromium and several outer-sphere redox couples have been investigated as a function of passive-film thickness, d = 5 to 25 angstrom, in 1M H2SO4. The apparent rate of electron transfer decreased exponentially with increasing thickness of the passivating overlayer. Similarly, during potentiostatic film growth, the electron-transfer rate decreased logarithmically with time, t, as a consequence of the film-growth kinetics, since d varies with log(t). These relationships indicate an electron-tunneling controlled process. However, variations in the film thickness and defects result in electron transfer occurring at distributed sites of enhanced tunneling probability, making a meaningful quantitative analysis difficult.