ABSTRACT
Electrochemical techniques have long been used to investigate the kinetics of various types of reactions [1]. In this case, the time scale, G, of the experiment is determined by the length of time that it takes for a molecule to move from the surface of the electrode to the outer edge of the diffusion layer. The nature of the observed response depends on the relative magnitude of the time scale, 9, compared to the half life of the chemical reaction, T1/2, with the former being controlled by the sweep rate. For the two limiting cases, 6 <^ T1/2and 6 > Tl/2y the system behaves either as if entirely under diffusion control or under control of the chemical kinetics, respectively. Each of these two limiting cases has very recognizable manifestations and when 0 is comparable to x1/2, the observed response is a convolution of these two limiting cases [1].
