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michaelm700
Can you immerse an electrolyte in an external electric field such that the ions are separated to a point that you could introduce electrodes and produce current in a load solely by virtue of the established charge distribution without electrode chemical interaction or galvanic potential as shown in the picture below?
That is, electrons on the anions will travel through the load and reduce the cations on the other side of the container. For instance, say the electrolyte was salt water. Would the Cl- ions oxidize to chlorine gas at the anode and furnish electrons to reduce H+ producing hydrogen gas at the cathode. The process would continue by virtue of the applied electric field and continued Na, Cl dissociation to replace the lost Chlorine? The potential for current flow is caused by the charge distribution from the field rather than a galvanic potential.
That is, electrons on the anions will travel through the load and reduce the cations on the other side of the container. For instance, say the electrolyte was salt water. Would the Cl- ions oxidize to chlorine gas at the anode and furnish electrons to reduce H+ producing hydrogen gas at the cathode. The process would continue by virtue of the applied electric field and continued Na, Cl dissociation to replace the lost Chlorine? The potential for current flow is caused by the charge distribution from the field rather than a galvanic potential.