From the linear dependencies of the voltammetric capacitive current, i(c),
with the potential sweep rates, nu, observed in the low and high domains, i
t is possible to determine the inner and outer differential capacities of o
xide coatings. The morphological factor,phi, defined as the ratio of the in
ner and total differential capacities (C-d,C-i/Cd) shows a linear relations
hip with the radius/ionic charge ratio of the anion of the supporting elect
rolyte. The dependence of the capacitive voltammetric charge, q(c), on nu w
as interpreted on the basis of a purely capacitive model for the oxide/solu
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