Limiting current to a rotating disk electrode modified with an electroactive polymeric film in the presence of a redox pair in the adjacent solution volume

Expressions for the limiting current to a rotating disk electrode modified by a conductive polymeric film are obtained for different localization of a redox process that involves redox species in the bulk of the adjacent solution. For an electrode reaction on the modifying film surface, it is shown that the dependence of the limiting current on the bulk concentration of reacting species is described by a curve with saturation. Such a limitation does not arise for a reaction on the electrode substrate. This can serve as a criterion in location of the reaction zone. In addition, other possible prospects of the use of a rotating disk in studying the charge transfer in electroactive polymeric films are discussed.