Research Article

Approximate Analytical Solution of Nonlinear Reactionโ€™s Diffusion Equation at Conducting Polymer Ultramicroelectrodes

Table 1

Approximate expressions of concentration of substrate and current under the boundary conditions (2a) and (2b).

ConditionsConcentrations and currentsFigures

For very small values of ๐›ผ โˆš ๐‘ข = s i n h ( ๐›พ ๐œŒ ) โˆš ๐œŒ s i n h ( ๐›พ ) (5)Figures 2(a)โ€“2(c)
โˆš ๐œ“ = โˆš ๐›พ c o t h ( ๐›พ ) โˆ’ 1 (6)Figure 4(a)

For large values of ๐›ผ and all value of ๐›พ ๐‘ข = 1 + ๐›พ ( 1 2 ๐›ผ 2 โˆ’ 6 ๐›ผ โˆ’ ๐›พ ) 3 6 ๐›ผ 3 ( ๐œŒ 2 ๐›พ โˆ’ 1 ) + 2 1 2 0 ๐›ผ 3 ( ๐œŒ 4 โˆ’ 1 ) (8)Figure 3
๐œ“ = ๐›พ ( 3 0 ๐›ผ 2 โˆ’ 1 5 ๐›ผ โˆ’ ๐›พ ) 4 5 ๐›ผ 3 (9)Figures 4(b) and 4(c)

For small and medium values of ๐›ผ and all values of ๐›พ โˆš ๐‘ข = s i n h ( ๐›พ ๐œŒ ) โˆš ๐œŒ s i n h ( โˆ’ โˆš ๐›พ ) ๐›ผ ๐›พ s i n h ( ๐›พ ๐œŒ ) ๐œŒ s i n h 3 ( โˆš + ๐›พ ) ๐›ผ ๐›พ s i n h 2 ( โˆš ๐›พ ) (10)Figure 2
โˆš ๐œ“ = โˆš ๐›พ c o t h ( ๐›พ ) โˆ’ 1 + ๐›ผ ๐›พ c o s e c h 2 ( โˆš โˆš ๐›พ ) ( โˆš ๐›พ c o t h ( ๐›พ ) โˆ’ 1 ) (11)Figures 4(a) and 4(c)