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Cathodic reduction of sulfur dioxide in nonaqueous electrolytes. The effect of solution composition on the diffusion coefficient of sulfur dioxide

Journal Article · · Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7046785

The authors measured the diffusion coefficients of SO/sub 2/ in electrolytes based on propylene carbonate, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide and dimethylsulfoxide in order to estimate possible diffusion limitations with respect to SO/sub 2/ and to establish the influence exerted by the solvent type on the process. The diffusion coefficients were calculated from the limiting diffusion currents of steady-state polarization curves for sulfur dioxide reduction recorded at a gold microdisk electrode which had a diameter of 2 x 10/sup -3/ cm. In lithium salt solutions the potentiodynamic curves recorded at the microelectrode do not exhibit a limiting current but are characterized by a current maximum.

Research Organization:
F.E. Dzerzhinskii Chemical Engineering Institute, Dnepropetrovsk
OSTI ID:
7046785
Journal Information:
Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Electrochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:3; ISSN SOECA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English