Carbon fibre cloth as an electrode material: electrical conductivity and mass transfer |
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Authors: | F. Cœuret E. Oliveira Vilar E. Bezerra Cavalcanti |
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Affiliation: | (1) Lab. de Thermocinétique, UMR CNRS 6607, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, B.P. 90604, 44306 Nantes Cedex 3, France;(2) Lab. de Engenharia Eletroquímica, Univ. Federal da Paraíba/CCT/DEQ, Av. Aprigio Veloso 882, Bodocongó, Campina Grande, 58109-970, PB – Brazil |
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Abstract: | The paper deals with carbon fibre cloth electrodes, employed in the fabrication of composite materials. The electrical conductivity of single bundles, groups of bundles and cloth is studied. Ohm's law applies to the electrical conduction in the direction of the fibre length, but bundle conductivity decreases with the number of fibres in the bundle. Electrochemical mass transfer between a flowing electrolyte and a cloth arranged as a flow-through or a flow-by porous electrode indicates the existence of double porosity in the material. Due to double porosity, only the external surface of the cloth works as an electrode. This finding shows that the material is not suitable for such an application. |
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Keywords: | carbon fibre cloth electrodes electrical conductivity mass transfer |
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