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Adaptive finite element simulation of chronoamperometry at microdisc electrodes

K. Harriman‚ DJ Gavaghan and E. Suli

Abstract

In this paper we shall introduce a transient finite element algorithm by considering the simplest problem of numerical simulation of the chronoamperometric current for an E reaction mechanism at a microdisc electrode. Such a numerical simulation is made difficult by the presence of a boundary singularity where the electrode meets the insulator (often known as the 'edge-effect') and by a time-singularity caused by the impulsive start of the experiment. We attempt to overcome these problems by using an adaptive finite element algorithm in

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Journal

Electrochemistry Communications

Keywords

currents

Month

Jul

Number

7

Pages

519–529

Publisher

Elsevier Science

Volume

5

Year

2003

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