Thin Electrolyte Layer
The Thin Electrolyte Layer node can be used to model a thin insulating or resistive sheet, located on an interior boundary in an electrolyte domain. The node can be used as an alternative to drawing the actual layer domain in the model geometry, which may significantly reduce meshing and solver time, especially in 3D models.
Thin insulating sheets are commonly inserted in the electrolyte in various types of electrochemical cells. For example they may be used for optimizing the current distribution in a corrosion protection application, of for optimizing the local deposition rate in a deposition bath.
The layer may be set to be either Insulating or Resistive.
For the case of Resistive, the Surface Resistance can either be set directly, or calculated from Thickness and Conductivity values.
Advanced Settings
Enable Slit electric potential in porous electrodes to make the layer fully insulating for the electrode phase potential along the selected boundaries.