Transmission line circuit and equation for an electrolyte-filled pore of finite length

Abstract

I discuss the strong link between the transmission line (TL) equation and the TL circuit model for the charging of an electrolyte-filled pore of finite length. In particular, I show how Robin and Neumann boundary conditions to the TL equation, proposed by others on physical grounds, also emerge in the TL circuit subject to a stepwise potential. The pore relaxes with a timescale $\tau$, an expression for which consistently follows from the TL circuit, TL equation, and from the pore's known impedance. An approximation to $\tau$ explains the numerically determined relaxation time of the stack-electrode model of Lian et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 076001 (2020), arXiv:1911.09924].

5 pages, 3 figures

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