Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Transient Methods

In this chapter, we focus on extraction of kinetic parameters from experimental dependences generated by several widely used electrochanical methods. It is presumed that the reader is familiar with the fundamentals of those methods as well as with the basics of electrode kinetics discussed in the previous chapters of this handbook and in standard electrochemistry texts (1, 3). 

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HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER TRANSIENT METHODS 15.2.1 Linear sweep and cyclic voltammetry... 

By the use of various transient methods, electrochemistry has found extensive new applications for the study of chemical reactions and adsorption phenomena. Thus a combination of thermodynamic and kinetic measurements can be utilized to characterize the chemistry of heterogeneous electron-transfer reactions. Furthermore, heterogeneous adsorption processes (liquid-solid) have been the subject of intense investigations. The mechanisms of metal ion com-plexation reactions also have been ascertained through the use of various electrochemical impulse techniques. 

Tab. 2 Rate constants for heterogeneous electron transfer as determined using transient methods...

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