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Regarding the standard reduction potential and electrolyte/solid interface
I am modelling lithium-sulfur batteries ($\ce{LiS}$ batteries) and a strange phenomenom happens during charge, named infinite charging, which I show below:
The factor $f_\mathrm{C}$ that appears in ...
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Is there an alternative to potassium iodide as an electrolyte in dye-sensitized solar cells?
I'm helping my son build a dye-sensitized solar cell for his school project according to the directions on homemade-circuits.com. We're currently in the process of gathering the necessary materials. ...
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Is the formation of nitrogen dioxide spontaneous?
I was studying Thermodynamics from my Chemistry textbook (page 181-182, section 6.6 (a)).
I have a question regarding the following text from my book.
Now let us examine the following reactions:
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Anomaly in Faraday's constant measurements
I was reading someone's biography, where the writer stated his early interest in Faraday's constant measurements (this is set six decades ago). My understanding was that Faraday constant is a true ...
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Is a change in delta-delta-G typically notated as delta-delta-delta-G?
I'm currently writing a research paper, and need to refer to a difference between $\Delta{\Delta}G$s. The naive way to notate this would be $\Delta{\Delta}{\Delta}G$, but that looks cumbersome and ...
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Thermodynamics of micellisation
Micellisation is found to be spontaneous i.e. $\Delta G < 0.$ It's found that $\Delta S > 0,$ which was intuitive since, solvated molecules are released. And, it may be most loosely started that ...
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Reconciling Flory-Huggins Theory with Le Chatelier's Principle
(I discuss the Flory-Huggins parameter as chi from here onward). So I had learned in class that when discussing polymers the Flory-Huggins Theory helps us figure out whether mixing is ...
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What are the factors that affect the redox reactions?
In my work, I used $\ce{Co(OH)2}$ and $\ce{Ni(OH)2}$ as an active materials to fabricate as symmetric supercapacitors in which I used 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium dicyanamide as an electrolyte.
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Concept of Limiting Current
I am investigating the current output from an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell can be broken down into several stages, for example:
Diffusion of reactants across a capillary
Diffusion ...
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Compounds that Liberate Hydrogen from Water, Reversibly
I'm working on a paper which provides an overview of all the current methods for storing hydrogen gas as part of a renewable energy system, and I understand compressed gas and metal hydride storage ...
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Describing evaporation without entropy -- what about Helmholtz?
I have in mind a rigid, impervious, heat-insulating vessel containing a monatomic liquid and vacuum. The vessel has an insulating forcefield inside, exactly at the surface of the liquid. It can be ...
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Reduction of vanadyl ion
I want to reduce vanadyl to vanadium (III), can somebody please suggest some appropriate methods for it? I am trying to make a redox flow battery for a project but I have only vanadyl sulfate.
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Electrolysis of concentrated sulphuric acid
In my textbook it is given that for electrolysis of dilute sulfuric acid at anode following reactions can occur:
At moderate concentrations
$\ce{2H2O -> O2 + H+ +4 e-}$
And for high ...
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Entropy Change of Resistor
A very large swimming pool filled with water of temperature equal to $20\ \mathrm{^\circ C}$ is heated
by a resistor with a heating power of $500\ \mathrm{W}$ for $20$ minutes. Assuming the water in ...
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What does the equilibrium constant mean for reactions with very small concentrations?
When you calculate the equilibrium constant for a reaction with a higher concentration of reactants, the answer is fairly intuitive. For example, for the reaction:
$$\ce{A + B <=> C}$$
when we ...
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