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1General Overview
The theoretical collection efficiency can be computed
Zoski, C. G.; Leddy, J.; Bard, A. J.; Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications (Student Solutions Manual), 2nd ed. John Wiley: New York, 2002.
Albery, W. J.; Bruckenstein, S. Ring-disc electrodes. Part 2.—Theoretical and experimental collection effciencies. Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1920-1931. from the three principle diameters describing the RRDE geometry: the disk outer diameter (d1), the ring inner diameter (d2), and the ring outer diameter (d3). This somewhat tedious computation is made easier by normalizing the ring diameters with respect to the disk diameter as follows:
Zoski, C. G.; Leddy, J.; Bard, A. J.; Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications (Student Solutions Manual), 2nd ed. John Wiley: New York, 2002.Albery, W. J.; Bruckenstein, S. Ring-disc electrodes. Part 2.—Theoretical and experimental collection effciencies. Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1920-1931. from the three principle diameters describing the RRDE geometry: the disk outer diameter (d1), the ring inner diameter (d2), and the ring outer diameter (d3). This somewhat tedious computation is made easier by normalizing the ring diameters with respect to the disk diameter as follows:
and
Three additional quantities are defined in terms of the normalized diameters as follows:
If a complex function, G(x), is defined as follows,
![\displaystyle{G(x) = \frac{1}{4} + \left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4\pi}\right)ln\left[\frac{(x^{(1/3)}+1)^3}{x+1}\right] + \left(\frac{3}{2\pi}\right)arctan\left[\frac{2x^{1/3}-1}{\sqrt{3}}\right]}](https://s0.wp.com/latex.php?latex=%5Cdisplaystyle%7BG%28x%29+%3D+%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D+%2B+%5Cleft%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Csqrt%7B3%7D%7D%7B4%5Cpi%7D%5Cright%29ln%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B%28x%5E%7B%281%2F3%29%7D%2B1%29%5E3%7D%7Bx%2B1%7D%5Cright%5D+%2B+%5Cleft%28%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%5Cpi%7D%5Cright%29arctan%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B2x%5E%7B1%2F3%7D-1%7D%7B%5Csqrt%7B3%7D%7D%5Cright%5D%7D&bg=ffffff&fg=000&s=0&c=20201002)
then the theoretical collection efficiency (Ntheoretical) for a rotating ring-disk electrode is given by the following equation first reported by Albery and Bruckenstein:
Albery, W. J.; Bruckenstein, S. Ring-disc electrodes. Part 2.—Theoretical and experimental collection effciencies. Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1920-1931.
Albery, W. J.; Bruckenstein, S. Ring-disc electrodes. Part 2.—Theoretical and experimental collection effciencies. Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1920-1931.
2References
- Zoski, C. G.; Leddy, J.; Bard, A. J.; Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications (Student Solutions Manual), 2nd ed. John Wiley: New York, 2002.
- Albery, W. J.; Bruckenstein, S. Ring-disc electrodes. Part 2.—Theoretical and experimental collection effciencies. Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 1920-1931.
