Multi-frequency A.C. Voltammetry (ACV)
in The Framework of FT-EIS

 

On this page, we present illustrative examples of FT-EIS data plotted using the ACV format

Experimental system: 38 nm thick Au film electrode ( vacuum-deposited on SF-10 glass using an intermediate 1.7 nm thick binder layer of Cr) in 0.05 M NaClO4 + X mM Fe(CN)63/4- or 0.05 M NaCl + X mM Fe(CN)63/4- (X = 0 or 5).

Experiment: The redox reaction is activated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) between -0.5 V and 0.5 V at 5 mV/s. FT-EIS is performed at the same time, collecting a full Nyquist (or Bode) plot at 1 s intervals during the CV scan. A computer generated broadband perturbation signal (2.5 mV mplitude), containing a superposition of 190 sinusoidal waves (100 Hz - 40 kHZ) is used. The recorded raw EIS data (after FT) contain AC current amplitude (iac) as a function of (i) the D.C. voltage and (ii) the A.C. frequency f. These data are plotted below as 3-D graphs.

Experimental data: 3-D plots of A.C. currents against and f.

Figure 1. Redox reaction in the presence of adsorption-desorption of ClO4-


 

Figure 2 Redox reaction in the presence of adsorption-desorption of ClO4- ;
Close-up view of Fig. 1 in the low frequency region


 

Figure 3. Redox reaction in the presence of adsorption-desorption of Cl-


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D. Roy
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