“…That is, without charge-transport limitation in the polymer we would have expected a mass-transport-limited reduction of Fe(phen)33+ at least 400 mV positive of where it is actually observed in Figure 4. Whenever charge transport through the fully reduced polymer limits the steady-state reduction current, eq 9 gives the steady-state current that can pass through a polymer i = nFADqjCj / d (9) thickness, d, having a diffusion coefficient for charge transport of Z>cx.55 In eq 9, n, F, and A (projected area) have their usual meaning; Cy is the concentration of the charge-carrying species in the polymer in mol/cm3. When the polymer is not fully reduced the steady-state reduction current is expected to depend linearly on the [PQ+] concentration at the electrode/polymer interface.55 This gives rise to the potential dependence given in Figure 5, since [PQ+] varies according to the Nernst equation.…”