Voltage and electrode surface area

[mksrm]

TL;DR

relation between minimum voltage and surface area of electrode

Hi

I am looking to find the equation that determines the minimum (and if possible maximum that might damage the electrode) voltage that starts the electrolysis process for a given area of a graphite electrode in a brine solution medium (lets say 30%) at equilibrium state.

Also how does the relation of voltage and maximum possible current to be applied be determined ?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Borek]

Voltage is not electrode surface dependent. Current is.

 

[berkeman]

Summary: relation between minimum voltage and surface area of electrode

I am looking to find the equation that determines the minimum <<snip>> voltage that starts the electrolysis process

For the Minimum Voltage, the Wikipedia article is pretty good. And as Borek says, the electrode areas affect the current, not this minimum voltage:

Electrolysis of water requires a minimum potential difference of 1.23 volts, though at that voltage external heat is required from the environment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elect...r requires a,is required from the environment.