GENERAL EXPRESSION OF THE LINEAR POTENTIAL SWEEP VOLTAMMOGRAM IN THE CASE OF DIFFUSIONLESS ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS

The equation of the linear potential sweep voltammogram is derived for any degree of reversibility of the electrochemical reaction for the following methods: surface voltammetry when both the oxidized and the reduced forms are strongly adsorbed, and a Langmuir isotherm is obeyed, thin layer voltammetry, and linear potential sweep coulometry. The results are expressed in one mathematical form valid for the three cases. The transfer coefficient and the rate constant of the electrochemical reaction can be deduced from an experimental study of the variations of the peak potentials as a function of the sweep rate. © 1979 Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne.