Dynamical theory for the battery's electromotive force

 

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Författarna: Alicki, Robert, Gelbwaser Klimovsky, David, Jenkins Villalobos, Alejandro, von Hauff, Elizabeth
Materialtyp: artículo original
Utgivningstid:2021
Beskrivning:We propose a dynamical theory of how the chemical energy stored in a battery generates the electromotive force (emf). In this picture, the battery's half-cell acts as an engine, cyclically extracting work from its underlying chemical disequilibrium. We show that the double layer at the electrode–electrolyte interface can exhibit a rapid self-oscillation that pumps an electric current, thus accounting for the persistent conversion of chemical energy into electrical work equal to the emf times the separated charge. We suggest a connection between this mechanism and the slow self-oscillations observed in various electrochemical cells, including batteries, as well as the enhancement of the current observed when ultrasound is applied to the half-cell. Finally, we propose more direct experimental tests of the predictions of this dynamical theory.
Land:Kérwá
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Språk:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/84313
Länkar:https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/CP/D1CP00196E
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/84313
Nyckelord:Batteries
Electromotive force
Electrical double layer
Self-oscillation