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Summarizing the above, it may be stated that activated carbons and pseudocapacitive materials in EC electrode structure are responsible for the energy storage parameters (specific energy), while non-active highly conductive carbon additives are responsible for the electrode internal resistance (EC specific power). 

Potentiometric Sensors Inthe field of ion-selective electrodes, considerable progress has been achieved in the last few years. By buffering the primary ions concentration on a low level in the internal solution, ionic fluxes in the membrane are affected [424-426]. Thus, primary ion leakage into sample solution is hindered, resulting in a tremendous shift of detection limits to lower values for Pb +-selective electrodes, the detection limit up to 10 M level has been achieved for internal solution electrodes [424, 427] and below 10 M for all-solid-state electrodes with conducting polymer solid... 

There is an international method, ISO 295113, for the determination of insulation resistance of rubbers. The test pieces specified are either flat sheets or tube or rod and the electrodes either conductive paint or metal bars. It is apparent by the reference to rigid materials that the wording has been lifted from a general document for insulating materials, presumably IEC 16714. There is no mention of metal backing plates for the paint electrodes and, to obtain consistent results with rubbers, the electrode system would need to be defined more precisely. 

An attempt to confirm the partial ion binding to macromolecules is given by Carpenter et a/.254. They found by a micro-electrode technique that the internal conductivity of plysia neurons is only 5% of the conductivity of squid axoplasm or normal sea water254. They concluded that an extensive binding of ions to cellular macromolecules existed. 

A standard Welsbach ozonator dielectric comprising a 3-inch borosilicate glass tube with a wrinkled open end was used. An internal conductive coating of metallic aluminum served as an inner electrode. Electrical contact was established bv means... 

Takano, N., Takeda, S. and Takeno, N. (1991) Asymmetric electrooxidation of sulfides on chiral conducting polymer coated electrode. Intern. Sympos. Organic Reactions, Kyoto, hwg. 19-21. 

A quite different approach was introduced in the early 1980s [44-46], in which a dense solid electrode is fabricated which has a composite microstructure in which particles of the reactant phase are finely dispersed within a solid, electronically conducting matrix in which the electroactive species is also mobile. There is thus a large internal reactant/mixed-conductor matrix interfacial area. The electroactive species is transported through the solid matrix to this interfacial region, where it undergoes the chemical part of the electrode reaction. Since the matrix material is also an electronic conductor, it can also act as the electrode s current collector. The electrochemical part of the reaction takes place on the outer surface of the composite electrode. 

In the predominantly electronically conducting electrodes it is the chemical diffusion of the ions which controls the electrical current of the galvanic cell. This includes the internal electric field which is built up by the simultaneous motion of ions and electrons to establish charge neutrality [14] ... 

An imperative condition for materials being used as an electrolyte is the complete (or practically complete) absence of electronic conduction. Such conduction would amount to internal short-circuiting, leading to unproductive power consumption and/ or waste of electrode materials. 

Ion hopping is a familiar concept in the chemistry of solid-state conductors, e.g. in the semiconductor industry. In the fluoride electrode, fluoride vacancies in.side the solid LaF lattice allow for conduction of charge (see Figure 3.11), in turn registered by the electrode as a potential. The emf is zero if the internal and external solutions are the same because the same numbers of fluoride ion enter the crystal from either face. 

This expression is the general Wagner factor which includes the influence of all the motion of the other species on the motion of species i by the effect of the internal electric fields. W may be larger than 1 which indicates an enhancement of the motion by the simultaneous motions of other species, or W may be smaller than 1 which means that the species are slowed down because of the immobility of other species which are therefore unable to compensate for the electrical charges. The first situation is desirable for electrodes whereas the second one is required for electrolytes in which mobile species should not move except when electrons are provided through the external circuit. Since the transference numbers in Eqn (8.27) include the partial and total conductivities (tj = OjlYjk or the products of the diffusivities (or mobilities) and the concentrations, Eqn (8.27) shows that W depends both on kinetic... 

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