Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.459, No.1, 145-154, 1998
A study of the electrical properties of permselective membranes with symmetric, reversible interfacial processes using the network method
The electrical properties of a membrane containing a single salt M+ X-, with the cation being the only permeable species and the anion the blocked species at the interfaces, are analysed using the network method. The steady-state electrical properties of the system and the small-amplitude ac response of the biased system with a simultaneous dc steady-state electric current have been obtained by simulation with the PSPICE program of a previously obtained network model for a thin-layer electrochemical cell. The results obtained confirm the validity of the network approach to deal with diffusion-migration impedances of electrochemical systems with symmetric, reversible interfacial processes when a dc electric current is superimposed. Some advantages of the present approach over more classical ones are discussed.
Keywords:THIN-LAYER CELLS;APERIODIC EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT;ELECTROCHEMICAL-CELLS;ASYMMETRIC TYPES;IONIC TRANSPORT;NERNST-PLANCK;SIMULATION;IMPEDANCES;MIGRATION;THERMODYNAMICS