SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY .12. THEORY AND EXPERIMENT OF THE FEEDBACK MODE WITH FINITE HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON-TRANSFER KINETICS AND ARBITRARY SUBSTRATE SIZE
SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY .12. THEORY AND EXPERIMENT OF THE FEEDBACK MODE WITH FINITE HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON-TRANSFER KINETICS AND ARBITRARY SUBSTRATE SIZE
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DOI:
10.1021/j100183a064
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发表时间:
1992-02-20
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WIPF, DO
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作者:
BARD, AJ;MIRKIN, MV;WIPF, DO
The theory of the feedback mode of the scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM) is extended to include the cases of both finite hetergeneous electron-transfer (et) kinetics at the substrate and arbitrary substrate sizes. Theoretical treatments are developed using two independent approaches: (i) the formulation and numerical solution of multidimensional integral equations and (ii) the alternating direction implicit finite-difference method. Working curves and tabulated data are presented for both quasi-reversible and irreversible et reactions on the substrate. The range of et rate constants accessible to measurement via this technique is identified. Fast heterogeneous et rate constants, up to 1-20 cm s-1, should be measurable by SECM feedback techniques with range of tip sizes currently employed (disks with diameters of 2-25-mu-m). The theoretical treatments are complemented with experiments on the oxidation of Ru(NH3)6(2+) in aqueous solutions of pH 4.0 and of Fe2+ in 1 M H2SO4 at glassy-carbon electrodes, as examples of quasi-reversible and irreversible systems, respectively. Simulated current-distance curves for diffusion-controlled feedback are given for a range of substrate sizes; under certain conditions, conductive features 10-20 times smaller than the tip electrode should be identifiable by SECM. Experiments involving the oxidation of Ru(NH3)6(2+) at Pt ultramicrodisk electrodes of different sizes, employed as model finite substrates, agree well with the theoretical predictions for finite substrate effects in SECM.