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Modelling Electrocatalytic Reactions on Rotating Disk Electrodes

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Kinetic currents caused by the interaction of dissolved catalyst and substrate are calculated. Sigmoidal dependence of currents on the bulk concentration of catalyst can be tested and the rate constant of redox reaction can be calculated by the proposed method. The applicability limits are discussed.

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Milivoj Lovrić Modelling Electrocatalytic Reactions on Rotating Disk Electrodes. Russ J Electrochem 58, 202–209 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193522030077

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