Abstract
A new model is presented for the metal-electrolyte interface which takes explicit account of the mobility of electrons at a metallic interface. The model can be described as a simple modification of the classical Stern-Gouy-Chapman double layer theory, but it contains an essential new feature of fundamentally quantum mechanical origin. A basic prediction of the theory is that at high enough temperatures the inverse 1/C//c of the compact part of the differential capacitance C//c is linear in the charge sigma //m per unit area for small sigma //m if adsorption does not occur. The authors confirm this for Hg, In, Ag, Cd and (Pb) with NaF (KF) electrolyte. The slope of the 1/C//c vs. sigma //m line is predicted in a simple model to be proportional to the inverse 1/ rho //m of the metallic charge density rho //m and predict the coefficient on the basis of two detailed models. The results are compared with experiment on a variety of metal electrolyte interfaces. The limitations of the theory are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 347-353 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of electroanalytical chemistry and interfacial electrochemistry |
| Volume | 150 |
| Issue number | 1 - 2 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1982 |
| Event | Electron and Mol Struct of Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces, Proc of the Int Conf - Logan, UT, USA Duration: Jul 25 1982 → Jul 30 1982 |