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iR-Drop Elimination

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Introduction

Potentiostatic setups control the potential drop between electrode and electrolyte. This requires a probe to measure the potential of the electrolyte, the so-called reference electrode. The probe tip, the sensing point, is positioned somewhere in the electrolyte. This is illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the equivalent circuit of a common electrochemical cell.

iR-Drop Elimination, Fig. 1
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Equivalent circuit of an electrochemical cell

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    Manuel Lohrengel

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Lohrengel, M. (2014). iR-Drop Elimination. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_226

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