Spline wavelet analysis for voltammetric signals

Application of wavelet multifrequency channel decomposition (WMCD) in electroanalytical chemistry is presented in this paper. A new approach on this digital processing technique, to extract useful information from high noise signals in voltammetry, is described in detail. The method of constructing a model of B-spline WMCD and its application with 2nd, 3rd and 4th order B-spline in the linear scan voltammetry are thoroughly discussed and several results obtained. If the suitable optimal wavelet basis and frequency scale value are selected, the absolute values of the peak relative errors are less than 2% when the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) is greater than 0.2, and the absolute values of the peak potential relative errors are less than 12% when S/N is greater than 0.3. The processed results of experimental data with high noise are also satisfactory. The whole computation is simple and needs shorter time than other signal processing methods.