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Application of Probe Beam Deflection Techniques to the Study of Surface-Confined Electrochemical Systems

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Several probe beam deflection (PBD) studies of the ion exchange, occurring during electrochemical processes of surface-confined redox species, are described. Among them are the formation and reduction of oxide surface layers on noble metal electrodes, the double layer charging and specific ion adsorption on carbon and metal surfaces, the redox reactions of carbon surface groups, the charge compensation processes in electroactive oxides, redox and conductive polymer films, the irreversible oxidation of adsorbed species (e.g., CO), and the charge compensation processes in redox self-assembled multilayers. The systems are usually explored qualitatively using cyclic voltadeflectometry and the quantitatively analyzed using chronodeflectometry and/or diffusion deconvolution. The combination of the PBD measurements with other techniques (e.g., electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance) has proved to be useful to a more detailed insight on the ion exchange mechanism. The review of the published data suggests that surface-confined electrochemical systems are ideally suited to probe beam deflection measurements.

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Láng, G.G., Barbero, C.A. (2012). Application of Probe Beam Deflection Techniques to the Study of Surface-Confined Electrochemical Systems. In: Laser Techniques for the Study of Electrode Processes. Monographs in Electrochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27651-4_11

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