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Transport Behaviour of Electroactive Species in Ionic Compounds: A Focus on Li Diffusion through Transition Metal Oxide in Current Flowing Condition

  • Lee, Sung-Jai;Pyun, Su-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2009
  • This article reviewed transport behaviours of electroactive species in ionic compounds, focusing on chemical diffusion of Li through the transition metal oxide in a current flowing condition. For this purpose, a distinction has been first briefly made between migration and diffusion with respect to current, driving force and charge of electroactive species considered. Then, the equations for chemical diffusion are derived theoretically in open-circuit and current flowing conditions. Finally, the experimental methods such as ac impedance spectroscopy and current (potential) transient techniques are described in details for characterising chemical diffusion. In addition, the role of the thermodynamic enhancement factor in chemical diffusion is discussed.

On the Chemical Diffusion Coefficient of H2O in AB1-xBxO(3-x/2)-type Perobskites

  • Baek, Hyun-Deok;Virkar, Anil V.
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.40 no.9
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    • pp.827-831
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    • 2003
  • In proton-conducting perovskites, oxygen ions and protons make a diffusion pair for a chemical diffusion and thus lead to the transport of $H_2O$ under its chemical potential gradient. The present manuscript develops relationships between the chemical diffusion coefficient of $H_2O$ and the diffusion coefficients of protons and oxygen vacancies with an emphasis on the thermodynamic behavior of the oxygen vacancies. Depending on the degree of hydration X, two different expressions of the chemical diffusion coefficient were obtained : equation omitted and equation omitted.

A Study on Chemical Effecta Through Preferential Diffusion of H2 and H in CH4-H2 Counterflow Diffusion Flames (메탄-수소 대향류확산화염에서 H2와 H의 선호확산을 통한 화학적 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jeong;Kwon, Oh-Boong;Lee, Eui-Ju;Yun, Jin-Han;Keel, Sang-In
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.31 no.12
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    • pp.1009-1016
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    • 2007
  • Numerical study on preferential diffusion effects in flame structure in $CH_4-H_2$ diffusion flames is conducted with detailed chemistry. Comparison of flame structures with mixture-averaged species diffusion and suppression of the diffusivities of $H_2$ and H was made. Discernible differences in flame structures are displayed with three species diffusion models. The behaviors of maximum flame temperatures with those species diffusion models are not explained by scalar dissipation rate but by the nature of chemical kinetics. It is seen that the modifcation of flame structure is mainly due to the preferential diffusion of H2 and thereby the nature of chemical kinetics. It is also found that the behaviors of major species with the three species diffusion models are addressed to the nature of chemical kinetics, and this is evident by examining importantly contributing reaction steps to the production and destruction of those chemical species.

Prediction of Lithium Diffusion Coefficient and Rate Performance by using the Discharge Curves of LiFePO4 Materials

  • Yu, Seung-Ho;Park, Chang-Kyoo;Jang, Ho;Shin, Chee-Burm;Cho, Won-Il
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.852-856
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    • 2011
  • The lithium ion diffusion coefficients of bare, carbon-coated and Cr-doped $LiFePO_4$ were obtained by fitting the discharge curves of each half cell with Li metal anode. Diffusion losses at discharge curves were acquired with experiment data and fitted to equations. Theoretically fitted equations showed good agreement with experimental results. Moreover, theoretical equations are able to predict lithium diffusion coefficient and discharge curves at various discharge rates. The obtained diffusion coefficients were similar to the true diffusion coefficient of phase transformation electrodes. Lithium ion diffusion is one of main factors that determine voltage drop in a half cell with $LiFePO_4$ cathode and Li metal anode. The high diffusion coefficient of carbon-coated and Cr-doped $LiFePO_4$ resulted in better performance at the discharge process. The performance at high discharge rate was improved much as diffusion coefficient increased.

Effects of Lewis number on hydrogen diffusion flame structure (수소 확산화염의 구조에 미치는 Lewis 수의 영향)

  • Kim, Hu-Jung;Kim,Yong-Mo;An, Guk-Yeong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.1126-1138
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    • 1997
  • An axisymmetric laminar jet diffusion flame has been numerically modelled. The present study employs the refined physical submodels to account for the detailed chemical kinetics and the variable transport properties. It is found that preferential diffusion resulting from variable transport properties significantly influences the hydrogen diffusion flame structure in terms of the spatial distribution for temperature, species concentration, thermal and mass diffusivity, Lewis number, and NO concentration. The preferential diffusion effects on the diffusion flame in the high-pressure environment are also discussed in detail.

Point Particle Approximation for Single and Two Species Diffusion-Influenced Reactions

  • Kim, Hyojoon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.1454-1456
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    • 2013
  • The fluctuations in concentrations of reactants dominate the long-time dynamics of the single (A + A ${\rightarrow}$ 0) and two species (A + B ${\rightarrow}$ 0) diffusion-influenced annihilation reactions. Although hierarchical Smoluchowski approaches can provide a systematic and flexible framework to deal with the fluctuation effects, their results are too complicated to be analytically solved. For the efficient numerical calculation of the complicated fluctuation effect terms, we show that the presented point particle approximation is not only practical but also quite accurate for most conditions in diffusion-influenced reaction systems.