ISSN 0038-5387

Soviet Electrochemistry
Volume 26, Pages 566-572
XX July 1990


Electron photoinjection into dilute electrolyte-solutions

A. I. Kalugin1, V. V. Konovalov1, E. B. Krissinel'2, A. M. Raitsimring1, N. V. Shokhirev1

1Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Institutskaya 3, Novosibirsk 630090, USSR
2Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Papanintsev 105, Barnaul 656099, USSR

Received for publication August 28, 1989; Accepted May XX, 1990

 

Abstract

 

Numerical methods were used to perform an exact calculation of photodiffusion currents in dilute electrolyte solutions. The exponential approximation of the y'(x) - potential was shown to be of limited use. The results of the calculations were compared with experiments performed at wavelengths, l, of 428 to 193 nm. The values found for the mean distances of eaq- from the photoelectrode are in good agreement with data obtained previously for concentrated electrolyte solutions. Light intensity was found to influence the value of the photoinduced charge.