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Mechanism for interplay between electron and ionic fluxes in KhFek[Fe(CN)6]l.mH2O compounds
D Giménez-Romero1, P R Bueno, J J García-Jareño
1UPR 15 du CNRS, Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris, France.
Abstract:
This paper develops a framework for the interpretation of ionic insertion/deinsertion reactions in an aqueous environment taking place in transition-metal hexacyanoferrates of the general formula K(h)[Fe(2+) (CN)(6)](l).mH(2)O, also called Prussian Blue. Three different processes were fully separated in the electrochemistry of these films. It was clearly identified that one of these electrochemical processes involves the insertion/deinsertion of H(3)O(+) (hydrated protons) through the channels of the K(h)[Fe(2+) (CN)(6)](l).mH(2)O structure to reach the film electroneutrality during the electron transfer between Everitt's Salt and Prussian Blue. The other electrochemical processes involve K(+) or H(+) (proton) exchange through the water crystalline structure existing in the channels of the K(h)[Fe(2+)(CN)(6)](l).mH(2)O structure.
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