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Along with electronic transport improvements must come attention to substrate transport in such porous structures. As discussed above, introduction of gas-phase diffusion or liquid-phase convection of reactants is a feasible approach to enabling high-current-density operation in electrodes of thicknesses exceeding 100 jxm. Such a solution is application specific, in the sense that neither gas-phase reactants nor convection can be introduced in a subclass of applications, such as devices implanted in human, animal, or plant tissue. In the context of physiologically implanted devices, the choice becomes either milliwatt to watt scale devices implanted in a blood vessel, where velocities of up to 10 cm/s can be present, or microwatt-scale devices implanted in tissue. Ex vivo applications are more flexible, partially because gas-phase oxygen from ambient air will almost always be utilized on the cathode side, but also because pumps can be used to provide convective flow of any substrate. However, power requirements for pump operation must be minimized to prevent substantial lowering of net power output. 

As evident from Fig. 8.4, an increase in the selectivity has been observed in IL/ scCOj biphasic systems media (>99.5%) with respect to scCO assayed alone (95%). These results could be explained by the use of water-immiscible ILs which have a specific ability to reduce water activity in the enzyme microenvironment. The synthetic activity of the immobilized lipase in IL/scCO biphasic systems is lower than that in scCO assayed alone. Similar results were found by Mori et al. [40] in IL/ hexane biphasic systems. These authors reported that the enzymatic membranes prepared by simple adsorption of CaLB onto the surface were more reactive than membranes prepared with ILs. As can be observed in Fig. 8.4, the initial reaction rate in the assayed IL/scCO biphasic systems increased in the following sequence [bdimim ][PF ]<[bmim ][PFg ]<[bmim ][NTfj ]<[omim ] [PF ], which was practically in agreement with flie activity sequence reported by these authors using free Candida antarctica lipase B in homogeneous ionic liquid systems ([bmim ] [PF ]<[bdmim+][PFg ]<[bmim+][NTfj ]<[omim ][PF ]), with the exception of [bmim [PF ] and [bdimim+][PFg ]. These results were explained taking into account that biotransformation occurs within the ionic liquid phase, so substrates have to be transported from scCOj to the ionic liquid phase. The mechanism of substrate transport between the ionic liquid and the supercritical carbon dioxide could be by three consecutive steps diffusion of the substrates through the diffusion... 

Furuya et al. (468) reported the immobilization of P. somniferum cells in calcium alginate. CeUs remained viable for 6 months after immobilization. The cells were used in shake flasks and column bioreactors for the biotransformation of codeinone to codeine. The immobilized cells had a higher biotransformation ratio (70%) than suspended cells (61%). Most of the codeine formed was excreted into the medium (88%). The column bioreactor had a lower biotransformation ratio (42%). The cells in the bioreactor operated at 20°C and an aeration rate of 3.75 vvm (volume gas/volume broth/min) remained catalytically active for 30 days. In a more detailed study on the influence of substrate transport in immobilized cells, it was concluded that limitation of oxygen inside the beads caused deactivation of the cells. However, the reaction rate of the system was not affected by the limitation of oxygen transfer (469). Immobilization of P. 

We note that the parameter combination (iRisY HD is independent of the surface coverage F. Hence under conditions where F is large and we are in the SR kinetic zone, the position of the half-wave potential remains invariant with increases in surface coverage. No further lowering in overpotential or increase in plateau current is obtained on ffirther increase of the surface coverage above an optimal value. Under such conditions total catalysis is obtained where rate control is due simply to substrate transport in solution. 

Hence provided s°° < and we use thin films, the steady-state current response depends linearly on the substrate concentration, the catalyst concentration in the layer, and on layer thickness. The reaction zone encompasses the entire layer, and the rate of reaction at the catalyst surface is much lower than the rate of substrate transport. In this sense when 4> 1, the rate is reaction-controlled. Note also that for 4> 1, cosh4> 1, and so cosh ( j) = 1. From Eqn. 117 we obtain u(x) 1 indicating a uniform concentration distribution of substrate through the layer. 

Fig. 8.1 Schematic of a bUayer oiganic photovoltaic consisting of an electron-accepting material A overlying an electron-donating film D, sandwiched between two dissimilar electrodes. The hole transporting polymer poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrene sulfonate) or equivalent is often inserted between the D and the anode to assist extraction of holes. The light is incident through the substrate and lower electrode...

In most cases, CVD reactions are activated thermally, but in some cases, notably in exothermic chemical transport reactions, the substrate temperature is held below that of the feed material to obtain deposition. Other means of activation are available (7), eg, deposition at lower substrate temperatures is obtained by electric-discharge plasma activation. In some cases, unique materials are produced by plasma-assisted CVD (PACVD), such as amorphous siHcon from silane where 10—35 mol % hydrogen remains bonded in the soHd deposit. Except for the problem of large amounts of energy consumption in its formation, this material is of interest for thin-film solar cells. Passivating films of Si02 or Si02 Si N deposited by PACVD are of interest in the semiconductor industry (see Semiconductors). 

Electroplating passive alloys Another application of strike baths reverses the case illustrated in the previous example. The strike is used to promote a small amount of cathode corrosion. When the passivation potential of a substrate lies below the cathode potential of a plating bath, deposition occurs onto the passive oxide film, and the coating is non-adherent. Stainless steel plated with nickel in normal baths retains its passive film and the coating is easily peeled off. A special strike bath is used with a low concentration of nickel and a high current density, so that diffusion polarisation (transport overpotential) depresses the potential into the active region. The bath has a much lower pH than normal. The low pH raises the substrate passivation potential E pa, which theoretically follows a relation... 

In the A sector (lower right), the deposition is controlled by surface-reaction kinetics as the rate-limiting step. In the B sector (upper left), the deposition is controlled by the mass-transport process and the growth rate is related linearly to the partial pressure of the silicon reactant in the carrier gas. Transition from one rate-control regime to the other is not sharp, but involves a transition zone where both are significant. The presence of a maximum in the curves in Area B would indicate the onset of gas-phase precipitation, where the substrate has become starved and the deposition rate decreased. 

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