A new type of non-isothermal galvanic cell comprising two interfaces between immiscible electrolyte solutions is presented. It is shown that if only one ion can partition across the liquid/liquid interface, the water/nitrobenzene/water cell behaves as a performant thermocouple. The thermodynamic treatment shows that the thermopower of this system is equal to the difference of transported entropies of the partitioning ion.
H. H. Girault, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1988, 84, 2147 DOI: 10.1039/F19888402147
To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.
If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.
Please wait while we load your content...