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| About the Companion Website |
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1 Overview of Electrode Processes |
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1 | (60) |
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2 | (15) |
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1.1.1 Electrochemical Cells and Reactions |
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2 | (2) |
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1.1.2 Interfacial Potential Differences and Cell Potential |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Reference Electrodes and Control of Potential at a Working Electrode |
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5 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Potential as an Expression of Electron Energy |
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6 | (1) |
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1.1.5 Current as an Expression of Reaction Rate |
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1.1.6 Magnitudes in Electrochemical Systems |
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8 | (1) |
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1.1.7 Current--Potential Curves |
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9 | (7) |
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1.1.8 Control of Current vs. Control of Potential |
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16 | (1) |
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1.1.9 Faradaic and Nonfaradaic Processes |
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17 | (1) |
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1.2 Faradaic Processes and Factors Affecting Rates of Electrode Reactions |
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17 | (6) |
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1.2.1 Electrochemical Cells---Types and Definitions |
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17 | (1) |
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1.2.2 The Electrochemical Experiment and Variables in Electrochemical Cells |
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18 | (3) |
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1.2.3 Factors Affecting Electrode Reaction Rate and Current |
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21 | (2) |
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1.3 Mass-Transfer-Controlled Reactions |
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23 | (8) |
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1.3.1 Modes of Mass Transfer |
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24 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Semiempirical Treatment of Steady-State Mass Transfer |
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25 | (6) |
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1.4 Semiempirical Treatment of Nernstian Reactions with Coupled Chemical Reactions |
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31 | (3) |
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1.4.1 Coupled Reversible Reactions |
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31 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Coupled Irreversible Chemical Reactions |
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32 | (2) |
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1.5 Cell Resistance and the Measurement of Potential |
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34 | (7) |
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1.5.1 Components of the Applied Voltage When Current Flows |
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35 | (2) |
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1.5.2 Two-Electrode Cells |
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37 | (1) |
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1.5.3 Three-Electrode Cells |
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37 | (1) |
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1.5.4 Uncompensated Resistance |
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38 | (3) |
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1.6 The Electrode/Solution Interface and Charging Current |
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41 | (10) |
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1.6.1 The Ideally Polarizable Electrode |
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41 | (1) |
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1.6.2 Capacitance and Charge at an Electrode |
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41 | (1) |
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1.6.3 Brief Description of the Electrical Double Layer |
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42 | (2) |
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1.6.4 Double-Layer Capacitance and Charging Current |
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44 | (7) |
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1.7 Organization of this Book |
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51 | (1) |
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1.8 The Literature of Electrochemistry |
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52 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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1.8.2 Sources on Laboratory Techniques |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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1.9 Lab Note: Potentiostats and Cell Behavior |
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54 | (3) |
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54 | (1) |
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1.9.2 Background Processes in Actual Cells |
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55 | (1) |
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1.9.3 Further Work with Simple RC Networks |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (4) |
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2 Potentials and Thermodynamics of Cells |
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61 | (60) |
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2.1 Basic Electrochemical Thermodynamics |
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61 | (19) |
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61 | (3) |
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2.1.2 Reversibility and Gibbs Free Energy |
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64 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Free Energy and Cell emf |
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64 | (2) |
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2.1.4 Half-Reactions and Standard Electrode Potentials |
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66 | (1) |
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2.1.5 Standard States and Activity |
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67 | (2) |
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2.1.6 EMF and Concentration |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (1) |
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2.1.8 Reference Electrodes |
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72 | (4) |
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2.1.9 Potential-pH Diagrams and Thermodynamic Predictions |
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76 | (4) |
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2.2 A More Detailed View of Interfacial Potential Differences |
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80 | (11) |
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2.2.1 The Physics of Phase Potentials |
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80 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Interactions Between Conducting Phases |
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82 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Measurement of Potential Differences |
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84 | (1) |
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2.2.4 Electrochemical Potentials |
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85 | (3) |
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2.2.5 Fermi Energy and Absolute Potential |
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88 | (3) |
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2.3 Liquid Junction Potentials |
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91 | (10) |
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2.3.1 Potential Differences at an Electrolyte--Electrolyte Boundary |
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91 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Types of Liquid Junctions |
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91 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Conductance, Transference Numbers, and Mobility |
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92 | (4) |
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2.3.4 Calculation of Liquid Junction Potentials |
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96 | (4) |
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2.3.5 Minimizing Liquid Junction Potentials |
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100 | (1) |
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2.3.6 Junctions of Two Immiscible Liquids |
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101 | (1) |
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2.4 Ion-Selective Electrodes |
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101 | (11) |
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2.4.1 Selective Interfaces |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (4) |
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2.4.3 Other Ion-Selective Electrodes |
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106 | (5) |
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111 | (1) |
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2.5 Lab Note: Practical Use of Reference Electrodes |
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112 | (1) |
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2.5.1 Leakage at the Reference Tip |
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112 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Quasireference Electrodes |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (3) |
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116 | (5) |
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3 Basic Kinetics of Electrode Reactions |
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121 | (62) |
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3.1 Review of Homogeneous Kinetics |
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121 | (4) |
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3.1.1 Dynamic Equilibrium |
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121 | (1) |
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3.1.2 The Arrhenius Equation and Potential Energy Surfaces |
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122 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Transition State Theory |
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123 | (2) |
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3.2 Essentials of Electrode Reactions |
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125 | (1) |
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3.3 Butler--Volmer Model of Electrode Kinetics |
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126 | (6) |
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3.3.1 Effects of Potential on Energy Barriers |
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127 | (1) |
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3.3.2 One-Step, One-Electron Process |
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127 | (3) |
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3.3.3 The Standard Rate Constant |
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130 | (1) |
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3.3.4 The Transfer Coefficient |
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131 | (1) |
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3.4 Implications of the Butler--Volmer Model for the One-Step, One-Electron Process |
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132 | (10) |
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3.4.1 Equilibrium Conditions and the Exchange Current |
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133 | (1) |
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3.4.2 The Current--Overpotential Equation |
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133 | (2) |
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3.4.3 Approximate Forms of the i--n Equation |
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135 | (4) |
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3.4.4 Exchange Current Plots |
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139 | (1) |
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3.4.5 Very Facile Kinetics and Reversible Behavior |
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139 | (1) |
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3.4.6 Effects of Mass Transfer |
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140 | (1) |
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3.4.7 Limits of Basic Butler--Volmer Equations |
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141 | (1) |
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3.5 Microscopic Theories of Charge Transfer |
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142 | (26) |
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3.5.1 Inner-Sphere and Outer-Sphere Electrode Reactions |
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142 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Extended Charge Transfer and Adiabaticity |
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143 | (3) |
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3.5.3 The Marcus Microscopic Model |
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146 | (6) |
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3.5.4 Implications of the Marcus Theory |
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152 | (10) |
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3.5.5 A Model Based on Distributions of Energy States |
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162 | (6) |
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3.6 Open-Circuit Potential and Multiple Half-Reactions at an Electrode |
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168 | (3) |
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3.6.1 Open-Circuit Potential in Multicomponent Systems |
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169 | (1) |
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3.6.2 Establishment or Loss of Nernstian Behavior at an Electrode |
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170 | (1) |
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3.6.3 Multiple Half-Reaction Currents in i--E Curves |
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171 | (1) |
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171 | (6) |
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3.7.1 The Primacy of One-Electron Transfers |
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172 | (1) |
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3.7.2 Rate-Determining, Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer |
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173 | (1) |
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3.7.3 Multistep Processes at Equilibrium |
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173 | (1) |
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3.7.4 Nernstian Multistep Processes |
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174 | (1) |
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3.7.5 Quasireversible and Irreversible Multistep Processes |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (3) |
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180 | (3) |
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4 Mass Transfer by Migration and Diffusion |
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183 | (24) |
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4.1 General Mass-Transfer Equations |
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183 | (3) |
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4.2 Migration in Bulk Solution |
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186 | (1) |
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4.3 Mixed Migration and Diffusion Near an Active Electrode |
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187 | (6) |
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4.3.1 Balance Sheets for Mass Transfer During Electrolysis |
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188 | (4) |
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4.3.2 Utility of a Supporting Electrolyte |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (6) |
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193 | (3) |
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4.4.2 Fick's Laws of Diffusion |
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196 | (3) |
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4.4.3 Flux of an Electroreactant at an Electrode Surface |
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199 | (1) |
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4.5 Formulation and Solution of Mass-Transfer Problems |
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199 | (5) |
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4.5.1 Initial and Boundary Conditions in Electrochemical Problems |
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200 | (1) |
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4.5.2 General Formulation of a Linear Diffusion Problem |
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201 | (1) |
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4.5.3 Systems Involving Migration or Convection |
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202 | (1) |
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4.5.4 Practical Means for Reaching Solutions |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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5 Steady-State Voltammetry at Ultramicroelectrodes |
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207 | (54) |
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5.1 Steady-State Voltammetry at a Spherical UME |
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207 | (7) |
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5.1.1 Steady-State Diffusion |
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208 | (3) |
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5.1.2 Steady-State Current |
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211 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Convergence on the Steady State |
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211 | (1) |
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5.1.4 Steady-State Voltammetry |
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212 | (2) |
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5.2 Shapes and Properties of Ultramicroelectrodes |
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214 | (10) |
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5.2.1 Spherical or Hemispherical UME |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (6) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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5.2.5 Summary of Steady-State Behavior at UMEs |
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222 | (2) |
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5.3 Reversible Electrode Reactions |
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224 | (6) |
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224 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Applications of Reversible i-E Curves |
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226 | (4) |
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5.4 Quasireversible and Irreversible Electrode Reactions |
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230 | (9) |
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5.4.1 Effect of Electrode Kinetics on Steady-State Responses |
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230 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Total Irreversibility |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Influence of Electrode Shape |
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234 | (1) |
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5.4.5 Applications of Irreversible i-E Curves |
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235 | (2) |
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5.4.6 Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters by Varying Mass-Transfer Rates |
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237 | (2) |
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5.5 Multicomponent Systems and Multistep Charge Transfers |
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239 | (2) |
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5.6 Additional Attributes of Ultramicroelectrodes |
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241 | (4) |
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5.6.1 Uncompensated Resistance at a UME |
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241 | (1) |
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5.6.2 Effects of Conductivity on Voltammetry at a UME |
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242 | (1) |
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5.6.3 Applications Based on Spatial Resolution |
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243 | (2) |
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5.7 Migration in Steady-State Voltammetry |
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245 | (3) |
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5.7.1 Mathematical Approach to Problems Involving Migration |
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245 | (1) |
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5.7.2 Concentration Profiles in the Diffusion--Migration Layer |
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246 | (2) |
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5.7.3 Wave Shape at Low Electrolyte Concentration |
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248 | (1) |
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5.7 A Effects of Migration on Wave Height in SSV |
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248 | (3) |
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5.8 Analysis at High Analyte Concentrations |
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251 | (2) |
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5.9 Lab Note: Preparation of Ultramicroelectrodes |
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253 | (4) |
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5.9.1 Preparation and Characterization of UMEs |
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254 | (1) |
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5.9.2 Testing the Integrity of a UME |
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254 | (2) |
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5.9.3 Estimating the Size of a UME |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (3) |
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6 Transient Methods Based on Potential Steps |
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261 | (50) |
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6.1 Chronoamperometry Under Diffusion Control |
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261 | (14) |
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6.1.1 Linear Diffusion at a Plane |
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262 | (3) |
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6.1.2 Response at a Spherical Electrode |
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265 | (2) |
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6.1.3 Transients at Other Ultramicroelectrodes |
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267 | (3) |
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6.1.4 Information from Chronoamperometric Results |
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270 | (1) |
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6.1.5 Microscopic and Geometric Areas |
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271 | (4) |
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6.2 Sampled-Transient Voltammetry for Reversible Electrode Reactions |
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275 | (4) |
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6.2.1 A Step to an Arbitrary Potential |
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276 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Shape of the Voltammogram |
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277 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Concentration Profiles When R Is Initially Absent |
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278 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Simplified Current--Concentration Relationships |
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279 | (1) |
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6.2.5 Applications of Reversible i-E Curves |
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279 | (1) |
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6.3 Sampled-Transient Voltammetry for Quasireversible and Irreversible Electrode Reactions |
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279 | (10) |
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6.3.1 Effect of Electrode Kinetics on Transient Behavior |
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280 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Sampled-Transient Voltammetry for Reduction of O |
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282 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Sampled Transient Voltammetry for Oxidation of R |
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284 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Totally Irreversible Reactions |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (1) |
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6.3.6 Applications of Irreversible i--E Curves |
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287 | (2) |
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6.4 Multicomponent Systems and Multistep Charge Transfers |
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289 | (1) |
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6.5 Chronoamperometric Reversal Techniques |
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290 | (4) |
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6.5.1 Approaches to the Problem |
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292 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Current--Time Responses |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (6) |
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6.6.1 Large-Amplitude Potential Step |
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295 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Reversal Experiments Under Diffusion Control |
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296 | (3) |
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6.6.3 Effects of Heterogeneous Kinetics |
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299 | (1) |
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6.7 Cell Time Constants at Microelectrodes |
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300 | (3) |
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6.8 Lab Note: Practical Concerns with Potential Step Methods |
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303 | (3) |
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6.8.1 Preparation of the Electrode Surface at a Microelectrode |
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303 | (2) |
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6.8.2 Interference from Charging Current |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (4) |
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7 Linear Sweep and Cyclic Voltammetry |
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311 | (44) |
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7.1 Transient Responses to a Potential Sweep |
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311 | (2) |
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7.2 Nernstian (Reversible) Systems |
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313 | (12) |
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7.2.1 Linear Sweep Voltammetry |
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313 | (8) |
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321 | (4) |
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7.3 Quasireversible Systems |
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325 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Linear Sweep Voltammetry |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (3) |
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7.4 Totally Irreversible Systems |
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329 | (3) |
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7.4.1 Linear Sweep Voltammetry |
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329 | (3) |
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332 | (1) |
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7.5 Multicomponent Systems and Multistep Charge Transfers |
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332 | (2) |
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7.5.1 Multicomponent Systems |
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332 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Multistep Charge Transfers |
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333 | (1) |
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7.6 Fast Cyclic Voltammetry |
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334 | (2) |
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7.7 Convolutive Transformation |
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336 | (3) |
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7.8 Voltammetry at Liquid--Liquid Interfaces |
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339 | (5) |
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7.8.1 Experimental Approach to Voltammetry |
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340 | (1) |
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7.8.2 Effect of Interfacial Potential on Composition |
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341 | (1) |
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7.8.3 Voltammetric Behavior |
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341 | (3) |
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7.9 Lab Note: Practical Aspects of Cyclic Voltammetry |
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344 | (3) |
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7.9.1 Basic Experimental Conditions |
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344 | (1) |
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7.9.2 Choice of Initial and Final Potentials |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (1) |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (6) |
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8 Polarography, Pulse Voltammetry, and Square-Wave Voltammetry |
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355 | (34) |
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355 | (6) |
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8.1.1 The Dropping Mercury Electrode |
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355 | (1) |
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8.1.2 The Ilkovic Equation |
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356 | (1) |
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8.1.3 Polarographic Waves |
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357 | (1) |
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8.1.4 Practical Advantages of the DME |
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358 | (1) |
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8.1.5 Polarographic Analysis |
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358 | (1) |
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8.1.6 Residual Current and Detection Limits |
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359 | (2) |
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8.2 Normal Pulse Voltammetry |
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361 | (6) |
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362 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Renewal at Stationary Electrodes |
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363 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Normal Pulse Polarography |
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364 | (2) |
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8.2.4 Practical Application |
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366 | (1) |
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8.3 Reverse Pulse Voltammetry |
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367 | (2) |
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8.4 Differential Pulse Voltammetry |
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369 | (7) |
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8.4.1 Concept of the Method |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (3) |
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8.4.3 Renewal vs. Pre-Electrolysis |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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8.4.5 Differential Pulse Polarography |
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375 | (1) |
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8.5 Square-Wave Voltammetry |
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376 | (7) |
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8.5.1 Experimental Concept and Practice |
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376 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Theoretical Prediction of Response |
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377 | (3) |
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8.5.3 Background Currents |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (2) |
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8.6 Analysis by Pulse Voltammetry |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (3) |
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9 Controlled-Current Techniques |
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389 | (22) |
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9.1 Introduction to Chronopotentiometry |
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389 | (2) |
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9.2 Theory of Controlled-Current Methods |
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391 | (3) |
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9.2.1 General Treatment for Linear Diffusion |
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391 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Constant-Current Electrolysis---The Sand Equation |
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392 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Programmed Current Chronopotentiometry |
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394 | (1) |
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9.3 Potential-Time Curves in Constant-Current Electrolysis |
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394 | (4) |
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9.3.1 Reversible (Nernstian) Waves |
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394 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Totally Irreversible Waves |
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394 | (1) |
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9.3.3 Quasireversible Waves |
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395 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Practical Issues in the Measurement of Transition Time |
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396 | (2) |
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398 | (2) |
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9.4.1 Response Function Principle |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (2) |
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9.5 Multicomponent Systems and Multistep Reactions |
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400 | (1) |
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9.6 The Galvanostatic Double Pulse Method |
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401 | (2) |
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9.7 Charge Step (Coulostatic) Methods |
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403 | (3) |
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404 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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9.7.3 Coulostatic Perturbation by Temperature Jump |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (4) |
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10 Methods Involving Forced Convection---Hydrodynamic Methods |
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411 | (32) |
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10.1 Theory of Convective Systems |
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411 | (3) |
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10.1.1 The Convective-Diffusion Equation |
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412 | (1) |
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10.1.2 Determination of the Velocity Profile |
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412 | (2) |
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10.2 Rotating Disk Electrode |
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414 | (12) |
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10.2.1 The Velocity Profile at a Rotating Disk |
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414 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Solution of the Convective-Diffusion Equation |
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416 | (2) |
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10.2.3 Concentration Profile |
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418 | (1) |
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10.2.4 General i--E Curves at the RDE |
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419 | (1) |
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10.2.5 The Koutecky--Levich Method |
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420 | (3) |
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10.2.6 Current Distribution at the RDE |
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423 | (3) |
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10.2.7 Practical Considerations for Application of the RDE |
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426 | (1) |
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10.3 Rotating Ring and Ring-Disk Electrodes |
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426 | (6) |
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10.3.1 Rotating Ring Electrode |
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427 | (1) |
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10.3.2 The Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode |
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428 | (4) |
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432 | (3) |
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10.4.1 Transients at the RDE |
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432 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Transients at the RRDE |
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433 | (2) |
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10.5 Modulation of the RDE |
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435 | (1) |
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10.6 Electrohydrodynamic Phenomena |
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436 | (3) |
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439 | (1) |
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440 | (3) |
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11 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and ac Voltammetry |
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443 | (46) |
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11.1 A Simple Measurement of Cell Impedance |
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444 | (2) |
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11.2 Brief Review of ac Circuits |
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446 | (4) |
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11.3 Equivalent Circuits of a Cell |
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450 | (8) |
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11.3.1 The Randles Equivalent Circuit |
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451 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Interpretation of the Faradaic Impedance |
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452 | (3) |
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11.3.3 Behavior and Uses of the Faradaic Impedance |
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455 | (3) |
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11.4 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy |
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458 | (12) |
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11.4.1 Conditions of Measurement |
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458 | (2) |
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11.4.2 A System with Simple Faradaic Kinetics |
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460 | (5) |
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11.4.3 Measurement of Resistance and Capacitance |
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465 | (1) |
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11.4.4 A Confined Electroactive Domain |
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466 | (4) |
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11.4.5 Other Applications |
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470 | (1) |
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470 | (7) |
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11.5.1 Reversible Systems |
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470 | (3) |
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11.5.2 Quasireversible and Irreversible Systems |
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473 | (4) |
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11.5.3 Cyclic ac Voltammetry |
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477 | (1) |
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477 | (4) |
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11.6.1 Second Harmonic ac Voltammetry |
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478 | (1) |
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11.6.2 Large Amplitude ac Voltammetry |
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479 | (2) |
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11.7 Chemical Analysis by ac Voltammetry |
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481 | (1) |
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11.8 Instrumentation for Electrochemical Impedance Methods |
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482 | (3) |
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11.8.1 Frequency-Domain Instruments |
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482 | (1) |
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11.8.2 Time-Domain Instruments |
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483 | (2) |
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11.9 Analysis of Data in the Laplace Plane |
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485 | (1) |
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485 | (2) |
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487 | (2) |
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489 | (50) |
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12.1 General Considerations |
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490 | (5) |
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12.1.1 Completeness of an Electrode Process |
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490 | (1) |
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12.1.2 Current Efficiency |
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491 | (1) |
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12.1.3 Experimental Concerns |
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491 | (4) |
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12.2 Controlled-Potential Methods |
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495 | (6) |
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12.2.1 Current--Time Behavior |
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495 | (2) |
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497 | (1) |
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498 | (2) |
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500 | (1) |
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12.2.5 Electroseparations |
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501 | (1) |
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12.3 Controlled-Current Methods |
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501 | (6) |
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12.3.1 Characteristics of Controlled-Current Electrolysis |
|
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501 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Coulometric Titrations |
|
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503 | (3) |
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12.3.3 Practical Aspects of Constant-Current Electrolysis |
|
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506 | (1) |
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12.4 Electrometric End-Point Detection |
|
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507 | (3) |
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12.4.1 Current--Potential Curves During Titration |
|
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507 | (1) |
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12.4.2 Potentiometric Methods |
|
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508 | (1) |
|
12.4.3 Amperometric Methods |
|
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509 | (1) |
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510 | (11) |
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12.5.1 Mathematical Treatment |
|
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510 | (5) |
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12.5.2 Dual-Electrode Flow Cells |
|
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515 | (1) |
|
12.5.3 Microfluidic Flow Cells |
|
|
516 | (5) |
|
12.6 Thin-Layer Electrochemistry |
|
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521 | (6) |
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12.6.1 Chronoamperometry and Coulometry |
|
|
521 | (3) |
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12.6.2 Potential Sweep in a Nernstian System |
|
|
524 | (2) |
|
12.6.3 Dual-Electrode Thin-Layer Cells |
|
|
526 | (1) |
|
12.6.4 Applications of the Thin-Layer Concept |
|
|
526 | (1) |
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527 | (4) |
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527 | (1) |
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12.7.2 Principles and Theory |
|
|
528 | (1) |
|
12.7.3 Applications and Variations |
|
|
529 | (2) |
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|
531 | (3) |
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|
534 | (5) |
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13 Electrode Reactions with Coupled Homogeneous Chemical Reactions |
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539 | (60) |
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13.1 Classification of Reactions |
|
|
539 | (6) |
|
13.1.1 Reactions with One E-Step |
|
|
541 | (1) |
|
13.1.2 Reactions with Two or More E-Steps |
|
|
542 | (3) |
|
13.2 Impact of Coupled Reactions on Cyclic Voltammetry |
|
|
545 | (7) |
|
13.2.1 Diagnostic Criteria |
|
|
545 | (2) |
|
13.2.2 Characteristic Times |
|
|
547 | (1) |
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|
|
547 | (1) |
|
13.2.4 Including Kinetics in Theory |
|
|
548 | (3) |
|
13.2.5 Comparative Simulation |
|
|
551 | (1) |
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|
|
552 | (39) |
|
13.3.1 Following Reaction---Case ErCi |
|
|
552 | (4) |
|
13.3.2 Effect of Electrode Kinetics in ECi Systems |
|
|
556 | (2) |
|
13.3.3 Bidirectional Following Reaction |
|
|
558 | (3) |
|
13.3.4 Catalytic Reaction---Case ErCi' |
|
|
561 | (3) |
|
13.3.5 Preceding Reaction---Case CrEr |
|
|
564 | (5) |
|
13.3.6 Multistep Electron Transfers |
|
|
569 | (7) |
|
13.3.7 ECE/DISP Reactions |
|
|
576 | (8) |
|
13.3.8 Concerted vs. Stepwise Reaction |
|
|
584 | (6) |
|
13.3.9 Elaboration of Reaction Schemes |
|
|
590 | (1) |
|
13.4 Behavior with Other Electrochemical Methods |
|
|
591 | (2) |
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|
|
593 | (2) |
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|
|
595 | (4) |
|
14 Double-Layer Structure and Adsorption |
|
|
599 | (54) |
|
14.1 Thermodynamics of the Double Layer |
|
|
599 | (3) |
|
14.1.1 The Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm |
|
|
599 | (2) |
|
14.1.2 The Electrocapillary Equation |
|
|
601 | (1) |
|
14.1.3 Relative Surface Excesses |
|
|
601 | (1) |
|
14.2 Experimental Evaluations |
|
|
602 | (4) |
|
14.2.1 Electrocapillarity |
|
|
602 | (1) |
|
14.2.2 Excess Charge and Capacitance |
|
|
603 | (3) |
|
14.2.3 Relative Surface Excesses |
|
|
606 | (1) |
|
14.3 Models for Double-Layer Structure |
|
|
606 | (13) |
|
14.3.1 The Helmholtz Model |
|
|
607 | (2) |
|
14.3.2 The Gouy--Chapman Theory |
|
|
609 | (5) |
|
14.3.3 Stern's Modification |
|
|
614 | (3) |
|
14.3.4 Specific Adsorption |
|
|
617 | (2) |
|
14.4 Studies at Solid Electrodes |
|
|
619 | (8) |
|
14.4.1 Well-Defined Single-Crystal Electrode Surfaces |
|
|
620 | (3) |
|
14.4.2 The Double Layer at Solids |
|
|
623 | (4) |
|
14.5 Extent and Rate of Specific Adsorption |
|
|
627 | (7) |
|
14.5.1 Nature and Extent of Specific Adsorption |
|
|
628 | (1) |
|
14.5.2 Electrosorption Valency |
|
|
629 | (1) |
|
14.5.3 Adsorption Isotherms |
|
|
630 | (3) |
|
14.5.4 Rate of Adsorption |
|
|
633 | (1) |
|
14.6 Practical Aspects of Adsorption |
|
|
634 | (2) |
|
14.7 Double-Layer Effects on Electrode Reaction Rates |
|
|
636 | (4) |
|
14.7.1 Introduction and Principles |
|
|
636 | (2) |
|
14.7.2 Double-Layer Effects Without Specific Adsorption of Electrolyte |
|
|
638 | (1) |
|
14.7.3 Double-Layer Effects with Specific Adsorption |
|
|
639 | (1) |
|
14.7 4 Diffuse Double-Layer Effects on Mass Transport |
|
|
640 | (5) |
|
|
|
645 | (3) |
|
|
|
648 | (5) |
|
15 Inner-Sphere Electrode Reactions and Electrocatalysis |
|
|
653 | (68) |
|
15.1 Inner-Sphere Heterogenous Electron-Transfer Reactions |
|
|
653 | (4) |
|
15.1.1 The Role of the Electrode Surface |
|
|
653 | (1) |
|
15.1.2 Energetics of le Electron-Transfer Reactions |
|
|
654 | (3) |
|
15.1.3 Adsorption Energies |
|
|
657 | (1) |
|
15.2 Electrocatalytic Reaction Mechanisms |
|
|
657 | (10) |
|
15.2.1 Hydrogen Evolution Reaction |
|
|
657 | (3) |
|
15.2.2 Tafel Plot Analysis of HER Kinetics |
|
|
660 | (7) |
|
15.3 Additional Examples of Inner-Sphere Reactions |
|
|
667 | (11) |
|
15.3.1 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
|
|
667 | (3) |
|
15.3.2 Chlorine Evolution |
|
|
670 | (1) |
|
15.3.3 Methanol Oxidation |
|
|
670 | (3) |
|
|
|
673 | (1) |
|
15.3.5 Oxidation of NH3 to N2 |
|
|
674 | (2) |
|
15.3.6 Organic Halide Reduction |
|
|
676 | (1) |
|
15.3.7 Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation and Reduction |
|
|
677 | (1) |
|
15.4 Computational Analyses of Inner-Sphere Electron-Transfer Reactions |
|
|
678 | (6) |
|
15.4.1 Density Functional Theory Analysis of Electrocatalytic Reactions |
|
|
679 | (1) |
|
15.4.2 Hydrogen Evolution Reaction |
|
|
679 | (2) |
|
15.4.3 Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
|
|
681 | (3) |
|
15.5 Electrocatalytic Correlations |
|
|
684 | (4) |
|
15.6 Electrochemical Phase Transformations |
|
|
688 | (25) |
|
15.6.1 Nucleation and Growth of a New Phase |
|
|
688 | (1) |
|
15.6.2 Classical Nucleation Theory |
|
|
689 | (10) |
|
|
|
699 | (8) |
|
|
|
707 | (6) |
|
|
|
713 | (5) |
|
|
|
718 | (3) |
|
16 Electrochemical Instrumentation |
|
|
721 | (34) |
|
16.1 Operational Amplifiers |
|
|
721 | (4) |
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|
|
721 | (2) |
|
|
|
723 | (2) |
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|
|
725 | (3) |
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|
|
725 | (1) |
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|
|
726 | (1) |
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|
726 | (1) |
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|
|
727 | (1) |
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|
|
728 | (2) |
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|
|
728 | (1) |
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|
|
729 | (1) |
|
|
|
730 | (4) |
|
16.4.1 Basic Considerations |
|
|
730 | (1) |
|
16.4.2 The Adder Potentiostat |
|
|
731 | (1) |
|
16.4.3 Refinements to the Adder Potentiostat |
|
|
732 | (1) |
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|
|
733 | (1) |
|
16.4.5 Four-Electrode Potentiostats |
|
|
734 | (1) |
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|
|
734 | (2) |
|
16.6 Integrated Electrochemical Instrumentation |
|
|
736 | (1) |
|
16.7 Difficulties with Potential Control |
|
|
737 | (7) |
|
16.7.1 Types of Control Problems |
|
|
737 | (3) |
|
16.7.2 Cell Properties and Electrode Placement |
|
|
740 | (1) |
|
16.7.3 Electronic Compensation of Resistance |
|
|
740 | (4) |
|
16.8 Measurement of Low Currents |
|
|
744 | (4) |
|
16.8.1 Fundamental Limits |
|
|
744 | (2) |
|
16.8.2 Practical Considerations |
|
|
746 | (1) |
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|
|
746 | (1) |
|
16.8.4 Simplified Instruments and Cells |
|
|
746 | (2) |
|
16.9 Instruments for Short Time Scales |
|
|
748 | (1) |
|
16.10 Lab Note: Practical Use of Electrochemical Instruments |
|
|
749 | (2) |
|
16.10.1 Caution Regarding Electrochemical Workstations |
|
|
749 | (1) |
|
16.10.2 Troubleshooting Electrochemical Systems |
|
|
749 | (2) |
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|
|
751 | (1) |
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|
|
752 | (3) |
|
17 Electroactive Layers and Modified Electrodes |
|
|
755 | (64) |
|
17.1 Monolayers and Submonolayers on Electrodes |
|
|
756 | (1) |
|
17.2 Cyclic Voltammetry of Adsorbed Layers |
|
|
757 | (18) |
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|
|
757 | (1) |
|
17.2.2 Reversible Adsorbate Couples |
|
|
758 | (5) |
|
17.2.3 Irreversible Adsorbate Couples |
|
|
763 | (3) |
|
17.2.4 Nernstian Processes Involving Adsorbates and Solutes |
|
|
766 | (4) |
|
17.2.5 More Complex Systems |
|
|
770 | (1) |
|
17.2.6 Electric-Field-Driven Acid--Base Chemistry in Adsorbate Layers |
|
|
771 | (4) |
|
17.3 Other Useful Methods for Adsorbed Monolayers |
|
|
775 | (5) |
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|
|
775 | (2) |
|
17.3.2 Coulometry in Thin-Layer Cells |
|
|
777 | (1) |
|
17.3.3 Impedance Measurements |
|
|
778 | (1) |
|
17.3.4 Chronopotentiometry |
|
|
779 | (1) |
|
17.4 Thick Modification Layers on Electrodes |
|
|
780 | (2) |
|
17.5 Dynamics in Modification Layers |
|
|
782 | (9) |
|
17.5.1 Steady State at a Rotating Disk |
|
|
783 | (1) |
|
17.5.2 Principal Dynamic Processes in Modifying Films |
|
|
784 | (5) |
|
17.5.3 Interplay of Dynamical Elements |
|
|
789 | (2) |
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|
|
791 | (7) |
|
17.6.1 Permeation Through Pores and Pinholes |
|
|
792 | (4) |
|
17.6.2 Tunneling Through Blocking Films |
|
|
796 | (2) |
|
17.7 Other Methods for Characterizing Layers on Electrodes |
|
|
798 | (1) |
|
17.8 Electrochemical Methods Based on Electroactive Layers or Electrode Modification |
|
|
798 | (14) |
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|
|
799 | (1) |
|
17.8.2 Bioelectrocatalysis Based on Enzyme-Modified Electrodes |
|
|
799 | (4) |
|
17.8.3 Electrochemical Sensors |
|
|
803 | (6) |
|
17.8.4 Faradaic Electrochemical Measurements in vivo |
|
|
809 | (3) |
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|
812 | (5) |
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|
|
817 | (2) |
|
18 Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy |
|
|
819 | (32) |
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|
|
819 | (2) |
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|
|
821 | (4) |
|
18.3 Imaging Surface Topography and Reactivity |
|
|
825 | (3) |
|
18.3.1 Imaging Based on Conductivity of the Substrate |
|
|
825 | (1) |
|
18.3.2 Imaging Based on Heterogeneous Electron-Transfer Reactivity |
|
|
826 | (1) |
|
18.3.3 Simultaneous Imaging of Topography and Reactivity |
|
|
827 | (1) |
|
18.4 Measurements of Kinetics |
|
|
828 | (7) |
|
18.4.1 Heterogeneous Electron-Transfer Reactions |
|
|
828 | (3) |
|
18.4.2 Homogeneous Reactions |
|
|
831 | (4) |
|
18.5 Surface Interrogation |
|
|
835 | (4) |
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|
|
839 | (1) |
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|
839 | (2) |
|
18.7.1 Detection of Species Released from Surfaces, Films, or Pores |
|
|
839 | (1) |
|
18.7.2 Biological Systems |
|
|
840 | (1) |
|
18.7.3 Probing the Interior of a Layer on a Substrate |
|
|
841 | (1) |
|
18.8 Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy |
|
|
841 | (5) |
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846 | (3) |
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|
849 | (2) |
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19 Single-Particle Electrochemistry |
|
|
851 | (34) |
|
19.1 General Considerations in Single-Particle Electrochemistry |
|
|
851 | (1) |
|
19.2 Particle Collision Experiments |
|
|
852 | (2) |
|
19.3 Particle Collision Rate at a Disk-Shaped UME |
|
|
854 | (3) |
|
19.3.1 Collision Frequency |
|
|
854 | (1) |
|
19.3.2 Variance in the Number of Particle Collisions |
|
|
855 | (1) |
|
19.3.3 Time of First Arrival |
|
|
856 | (1) |
|
19.4 Nanoparticle Collision Behavior |
|
|
857 | (13) |
|
19.4.1 Blocking Collisions |
|
|
857 | (4) |
|
19.4.2 Electrocatalytic Amplification Collisions |
|
|
861 | (3) |
|
19.4.3 Electrolysis Collisions |
|
|
864 | (6) |
|
19.5 Electrochemistry at Single Atoms and Atomic Clusters |
|
|
870 | (5) |
|
19.6 Single-Molecule Electrochemistry |
|
|
875 | (4) |
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|
879 | (2) |
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881 | (4) |
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20 Photoelectrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence |
|
|
885 | (46) |
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885 | (7) |
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|
885 | (1) |
|
20.1.2 Categories of Pure Crystalline Solids |
|
|
886 | (3) |
|
20.1.3 Doped Semiconductors |
|
|
889 | (1) |
|
|
|
890 | (1) |
|
20.1.5 Highly Conducting Oxides |
|
|
891 | (1) |
|
20.2 Semiconductor Electrodes |
|
|
892 | (9) |
|
20.2.1 Interface at a Semiconducting Electrode in the Dark |
|
|
892 | (4) |
|
20.2.2 Current--Potential Curves at Semiconductor Electrodes |
|
|
896 | (3) |
|
20.2.3 Conducting Polymer Electrodes |
|
|
899 | (2) |
|
20.3 Photoelectrochemistry at Semiconductors |
|
|
901 | (7) |
|
20.3.1 Photoeffects at Semiconductor Electrodes |
|
|
901 | (2) |
|
20.3.2 Photoelectrochemical Systems |
|
|
903 | (2) |
|
|
|
905 | (1) |
|
20.3.4 Surface Photocatalytic Processes at Semiconductor Particles |
|
|
906 | (2) |
|
20.4 Radiolytic Products in Solution |
|
|
908 | (2) |
|
20.4.1 Photoemission of Electrons from an Electrode |
|
|
908 | (1) |
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20.4.2 Detection and Use of Radiolytic Products in Solution |
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909 | (1) |
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20.4.3 Photogalvanic Cells |
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909 | (1) |
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20.5 Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence |
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910 | (12) |
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20.5.1 Chemical Fundamentals |
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910 | (2) |
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20.5.2 Fundamental Studies of Radical-Ion Annihilation |
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912 | (4) |
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20.5.3 Single-Potential Generation Based on a Coreactant |
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916 | (1) |
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20.5.4 ECL Based on Quantum Dots |
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917 | (1) |
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20.5.5 Analytical Applications of ECL |
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918 | (4) |
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20.5.6 ECL Beyond the Solution Phase |
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922 | (1) |
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922 | (5) |
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927 | (4) |
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21 In situ Characterization of Electrochemical Systems |
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931 | (36) |
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931 | (9) |
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21.1.1 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
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932 | (2) |
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21.1.2 Atomic Force Microscopy |
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934 | (3) |
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21.1.3 Optical Microscopy |
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937 | (1) |
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21.1.4 Transmission Electron Microscopy |
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938 | (2) |
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21.2 Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
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940 | (2) |
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940 | (2) |
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21.2.2 QCM with Dissipation Monitoring |
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942 | (1) |
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21.3 UV--Visible Spectrometry |
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942 | (5) |
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21.3.1 Absorption Spectroscopy with Thin-Layer Cells |
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942 | (3) |
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945 | (1) |
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21.3.3 Surface Plasmon Resonance |
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946 | (1) |
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21.4 Vibrational Spectroscopy |
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947 | (6) |
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21.4.1 Infrared Spectroscopy |
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947 | (3) |
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21.4.2 Raman Spectroscopy |
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950 | (3) |
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953 | (1) |
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954 | (1) |
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21.7 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
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955 | (2) |
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955 | (1) |
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956 | (1) |
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957 | (3) |
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21.8.1 Electron Microscopy |
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957 | (1) |
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21.8.2 Electron and Ion Spectrometry |
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958 | (2) |
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960 | (7) |
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Appendix A Mathematical Methods |
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967 | (18) |
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A.1 Solving Differential Equations by the Laplace Transform Technique |
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967 | (9) |
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A.1.1 Partial Differential Equations |
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967 | (1) |
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A.1.2 Introduction to the Laplace Transformation |
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968 | (1) |
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A.1.3 Fundamental Properties of the Transform |
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969 | (1) |
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A.1.4 Solving Ordinary Differential Equations by Laplace Transformation |
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970 | (2) |
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A.1.5 Simultaneous Linear Ordinary Differential Equations |
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972 | (1) |
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A.1.6 Mass-Transfer Problems Based on Partial Differential Equations |
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973 | (2) |
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A.1.7 The Zero-Shift Theorem |
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975 | (1) |
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976 | (1) |
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A.2.1 Expansion of a Function of Several Variables |
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976 | (1) |
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A.2.2 Expansion of a Function of a Single Variable |
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977 | (1) |
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|
977 | (1) |
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A.3 The Error Function and the Gaussian Distribution |
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977 | (2) |
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979 | (1) |
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979 | (2) |
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A.6 Fourier Series and Fourier Transformation |
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981 | (1) |
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|
982 | (1) |
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|
983 | (2) |
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Appendix B Basic Concepts of Simulation |
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985 | (22) |
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985 | (8) |
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985 | (1) |
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986 | (1) |
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B.1.3 Dimensionless Parameters |
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987 | (3) |
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990 | (1) |
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990 | (1) |
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991 | (1) |
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B.1.7 Thickness of the Diffusion Layer |
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992 | (1) |
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B.1.8 Diffusion Coefficients |
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993 | (1) |
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993 | (6) |
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B.2.1 Organization of the Spreadsheet |
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993 | (3) |
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B.2.2 Concentration Arrays |
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|
996 | (1) |
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B.2.3 Results and Error Detection |
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|
996 | (1) |
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|
997 | (2) |
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B.3 Incorporating Homogeneous Kinetics |
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999 | (2) |
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B.3.1 Unimolecular Reactions |
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|
999 | (1) |
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B.3.2 Bimolecular Reactions |
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1000 | (1) |
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B.4 Boundary Conditions for Various Techniques |
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|
1001 | (3) |
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B.4.1 Potential Steps in Nernstian Systems |
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|
1001 | (1) |
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B.4.2 Heterogeneous Kinetics |
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|
1002 | (1) |
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|
1003 | (1) |
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|
1003 | (1) |
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1004 | (1) |
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1005 | (1) |
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|
1005 | (2) |
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Appendix C Reference Tables |
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|
1007 | (8) |
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|
1013 | (2) |
| Index |
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