Dielectric permittivity, electron-transfer

For the evaluation of the non-faradaic component of the response in a more realistic way, different proposals have been made. A useful idea is that corresponding to the interfacial potential distribution proposed in [59] which assumes that the redox center of the molecules can be considered as being distributed homogeneously in a plane, referred to as the plane of electron transfer (PET), located at a finite distance d from the electrode surface. The diffuse capacitance of the solution is modeled by the Gouy-Chapman theory and the dielectric permittivity of the adsorbed layer is considered as constant. Under these conditions, the CV current corresponding to reversible electron transfer reactions can be written as... 

For the closed description of the electron transfer in polar medium, it is necessary to express the reorganization energy in the formula (27) via the characteristics of polar media (it is assumed that the high-temperature approach can be always applied to the outer-sphere degrees of freedom). It was done in the works [12, 19, 23], and most consistently in the work of Ovchinnikov and Ovchinnikova [24] where the frequency dependence of the medium dielectric permittivity e(co) is taken into account exactly, but the spatial dispersion was neglected. 

Here, s"(co) is the image part of the dielectric permittivity e(m), and AD(7) is the difference of the values of electrostatic induction in the initial and final states this difference is caused by the electron transfer ... 

The activation energy of electron transfer depends on the charges of the reactants and dielectric permittivity of the nonaqueous phase. This dependence can be useful when choosing a pair of immiscible solvents to decrease the activation energy of the reaction in question or to inhibit an undesired process. For example, suppose that an electron is... 

Nevertheless the use of dielectric materials obtained by conductive filler dispersion (carbon black, graphite fibres, metallic powders) is limited. As a matter of a fact material performances are dependent on the filler content as well as particle aggregation phenomena. These composites require a high level of reproducibility and their behaviour is linked to the control of electronic inter-particular transfer. The measured parameter (complex permittivity) depends on the texture of the percolation aggregates and consequently on the processing conditions. The percolation threshold (the particle concentration, after which particles are in contact and the electrical current exists) depends on the particle shape (sphere, plates or fibres). 

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