Electrode kinetics from a single experiment: multi-amplitude analysis in square-wave chronoamperometry

Journal article

The recently introduced technique of square-wave chronoamperometry (SWCA) is studied under conditions of progressively increasing height of potential pulses (square-wave amplitude) within a single experiment. In multi-amplitude square-wave chronoamperometry (MA-SWCA) a potential modulation consisting of square-wave forward and reverse potential pulses is imposed on a constant mid-potential; the amplitude of pulses increases progressively during the experiment. This allows the fast and reliable estimation of kinetic parameters at a constant pulse frequency in a single experiment, based on the resulting feature known as the amplitude-based quasireversible maximum. The proposed methodology is tested by simulating the responses of a simple quasireversible electrode reaction of a dissolved redox couple and a surface confined electrode reaction. Compared with conventional square-wave voltammetry (SWV) and SWCA, MA-SWCA shows advantages in estimation of the standard rate constant in terms of simplicity, speed and efficiency for both studied electrode mechanisms.

Authors: Guziejewski, D; Stojanov, L; Zwierzak, Z; Compton, RG; Mirceski, V

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 39
• Pages: 24419-24428
• Publication date: 2022-10-03
• Acceptance date: 2022-09-23
• DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01888h
• EISSN: 1463-9084
• ISSN: 1463-9076
• Pmid: 36189648
• Language: English
• Keywords: FFR