Using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in a broad range of applications

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Second Edition provides fundamentals needed to apply impedance spectroscopy to a broad range of applications, such as corrosion, biomedical devices, semiconductors, batteries, fuel cells, coatings, analytical chemistry, electrocatalysis, materials, and sensors. The emphasis is on obtaining physically meaningful insights from measurements.

This updated edition provides many new examples and homework problems. It has more in-depth treatment of background material needed to understand impedance spectroscopy, including electrochemistry, complex variables, and differential equations. It also includes expanded treatment of the influence of mass transport and kinetics, and reflects recent advances in the understanding of frequency dispersion and interpretation of constant-phase elements.

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Second Edition is ideal either for course study or for independent self-study as it features:

• Illustrative examples throughout the text that show how the principles are applied to common impedance problems
• Background information needed to understand impedance spectroscopy
• Guidelines on the design of experiments and selection of appropriate experimental parameters
• Explanation of the manner in which electrical circuits provide a framework for model development
• Systematic method to convert proposed reaction mechanisms to impedance models
• Fundamental understanding of frequency dispersion, including transmission lines and constant-phase elements
• Explanation of error structure for impedance spectroscopy, including applications of the Kramers-Kronig relations

This is an excellent textbook for graduate students in electrochemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering. It continues to provide as a great self-study guide and reference for scientists and engineers who work with electrochemistry, corrosion, and electrochemical technology, including those in the biomedical field, and for users and vendors of impedance-measuring instrumentation.