Use the Electrode Surface node to model an electrochemical electrode-electrolyte interface between an electrolyte domain and an electrode boundary where the electrode is not included explicitly as a domain in the model geometry. Set the electric potential of the electrode or specify a current condition that the potential of the electrode shall fulfill, and use subnodes to specify the
Electrode Reaction and the
Double Layer Capacitance at the interface.
Use the Add (
) and
Delete (
) buttons as needed in the tables to control the number of species.
The Density and
Molar mass, in conjunction with the reaction rates and stoichiometry, defined in the
Electrode Reaction subnodes, determine the normal electrode growth rate. The growth rate can be used in conjunction with the
Deforming Electrode Surface and
Nondeforming Boundary multiphysics couplings to model geometry deformations.
When the Solve for species concentrations variables check box is checked, dependent variables for the molar surface concentration of the dissolving-depositing species are added. These can be used to model the thickness of an dissolving/depositing layer in a time-dependent simulation where the resulting deformation in the model geometry is small and will have negligible impact on the current distribution.
Specify either a Surface resistance Rfilm (SI unit:
Ω·m
2) directly or choose the
Thickness and conductivity option to calculate the surface resistivity based on a depositing film thickness.
The perturbation parameter is either Electric potential,
Electrode potential,
Total current,
or
Average current density, based on the
Boundary condition selected in the next section.
Electric potential and
Electrode potential will set the potential value directly, whereas
Total current,
Average current density, and
External short all add an extra global degree of freedom for the potential in the electrode phase, set to comply with the chosen condition.
When using the Total current option in 1D or 2D, the boundary area is based either on the
Cross sectional area (1D), or the
Out-of-Plane thickness (2D) properties, set on the physics interface top node.
See also the External Short node for further information about this boundary condition.
This section is only available in the Primary Current Distribution and Secondary Current Distribution interfaces when the Current Distribution Model property has been set to
Primary. To display this section, click the
Show button (
) and select
Advanced Physics Options.