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Distinction between Effects of IR-Drop and Negative Capacitance of Fast Cyclic Voltammograms
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: Received: 15 August 2023 / Approved: 16 August 2023 / Online: 16 August 2023 (10:44:41 CEST)
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Liu, Y.; Aoki, K.J.; Chen, J. The Difference in the Effects of IR-Drop from the Negative Capacitance of Fast Cyclic Voltammograms. Electrochem 2023, 4, 460-472. Liu, Y.; Aoki, K.J.; Chen, J. The Difference in the Effects of IR-Drop from the Negative Capacitance of Fast Cyclic Voltammograms. Electrochem 2023, 4, 460-472.
Abstract
Diffusion-controlled cyclic voltammograms at fast scan rates show peak shifts as well as decreases in the peak currents from the predicted diffusion-controlled currents especially when currents are large in low concentration of supporting electrolyte. This has been conventionally recognized as an IR-drop effect by solution resistance on the peaks as well as heterogeneous kinetics. It is also brought about by negatively capacitive currents associated with charge transfer reactions. The reaction product generates dipoles with counterions to yield a capacitance, of which current flows oppositely to that of the double layer capacitance. The three effects are specified here in the oxidation of a ferrocenyl derivative by fast scan voltammetry. The expression for voltammograms complicated with IR-drop is derived analytically, and yields deformed voltammograms. The peak shift is approximately linear with the IR-term, but exhibits a convex variation. Dependence of some parameters on the peaks by the IR-drop is compared with those by the negative capacitance. The latter is more conspicuous than the former under conventional conditions. The two effects cannot be distinguished specifically except for variations of conductance of the solution.
Keywords
IR-drop; negative capacitance; double layer capacitance; fast scan cyclic voltammograms; microelectrode reactions
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Electrochemistry
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