Squarewave voltammetry

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Squarewave voltammetry is a further improvement of staircase voltammetry which is itself a derivative of linear sweep voltammetry. In linear sweep voltammetry the current at a working electrode is measured while the potential between the working electrode and a reference electrode is swept linearly in time. Oxidation or reduction of species is registered as a peak or trough in the current signal at the potential at which the species begins to be oxidized or reduced. In staircase voltammetry the potential sweep is a series of stair steps. The current is measured at the end of each potential change, right before the next, so that the contribution to the current signal from the capacitive charging current is minimized. In squarewave voltammetry, a squarewave is superimposed on the potential staircase sweep. The current is measured at the end of each half-wave, just prior to potential change. The differential current is then plotted as a function of potential, and the reduction or oxidation of species is measured as a peak or trough.

[edit] See also

• Voltammetry
• Electroanalytical Methods

[edit] References

1. http://www.drhuang.com/science/chemistry/electrochemistry/polar.doc.htm

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