Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

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.

The new 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. The new edition 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 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.

Mark Orazem is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, adjunct professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, past President of the International Society of Electrochemistry, and recipient of the 2012 ECS Linford Award for Outstanding Teaching. He organized the 6th International Symposium on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and teaches short courses on impedance spectroscopy for industry and for the Electrochemical Society.

Bernard Tribollet is Director of Research Emeritus at the Laboratory for Interfaces and Electrochemical Systems (LISE) at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie and adjunct professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He instructs an annual short course at his university on impedance spectroscopy. He is a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society, Treasurer of the International Society of Electrochemistry and organized the 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry held in Nice, France.