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Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and the In-Situ Characterization of the Electrochemical Interface

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Spectroscopic and Diffraction Techniques in Interfacial Electrochemistry

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Photoacoustics is a new spectroscopic method which has been used for in situ characterization of the electrochemical interface during the past ten years. The basic principles of the photoacoustic effect and the principal results of the Rosencwaig-Gersho theory are discussed in light of the usefulness of the method in electrochemical studies. Different experimental arrangements suitable for in situ electrode studies are presented. A review of the use to date of photoacoustics in electrochemistry includes studies of electrochromic systems, semiconductor electrodes, passivation layers, and of electrocatalytic mixed oxides. These works demonstrated that, with relatively simple apparatus, it was possible to detect and to characterize very thin layers formed on electrodes. It is still not clear whether in most cases photoacoustic spectroscopy has an overwhelming advantage over well-established optical methods for absorption measurements; however, all the potentialities of the method have yet to be explored.

Research sponsored by the Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy under contract DE-ACO5-840R21400 with the Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.

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Vallet, C.E. (1990). Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and the In-Situ Characterization of the Electrochemical Interface. In: Gutiérrez, C., Melendres, C. (eds) Spectroscopic and Diffraction Techniques in Interfacial Electrochemistry. NATO ASI Series, vol 320. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3782-9_4

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