Research Article

Theoretical and Experimental Study of Copper Electrodeposition in a Modified Hull Cell

Table 1

Transport and kinetic parameters used in the numerical simulation.

ParameterValueReference

Electrolyte conductivity (S cm−1)0.5Measured
Applied average current densities () (A cm−2)−2, −4.1, and −8.2
Exchange current density () (A cm−2)3.92 × 10−7[37]
Tafel slope () (V)−0.13 [38]
Diffusion coefficient (cm2 s−1)1 × 10−5[39]

The conductivity of the electrolyte (κ) is determined experimentally using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) technique, that is, 0.5 (S cm−1).
= 328 K.