Application of electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance technique to investigation of the interfacial reactions at metal electrode/electrolyte

This paper critically evaluates the electrogravimetric curves measured on the thin metal (Fe, Ni, Al and Cu) film electrode/aqueous electrolyte system at our laboratory and elsewhere, to introduce how to apply the principle of electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance technique to the study of such interfacial reactions at electrode/electrolyte as corrosion, passivation and deposition of metals. From the electrogravimetric curve measured on various thin metal film electrode specimens simultaneously with steady state voltammogram, quasi-steady state or transient voltammogram, the interfacial reaction mechanisms of the metals have been proposed.