ABSTRACT
With scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) becoming a widely used and mature technique, with a wide range of applications, many in –elds outside of fundamental or applied electrochemistry, relatively few researchers construct their own instruments. Thus, we will not deal with homebuilt instruments in this chapter. Those interested in constructing an SECM are referred to a chapter that goes into details about the basics of this in the –rst edition of this book.1 A number of companies have commercialized SECM instrumentation (Table 2.1). Thus in this chapter we will discuss, as an example, the operation of a commercial SECM, the CH Instruments model series 900, which is the most frequently used instrument. Information about the other instruments can be obtained from the manufacturers or their websites. Some practical aspects of cell construction and using a commercial SECM are also addressed.
