RECENT ADVANCES IN UV VISIBLE REFLECTANCE SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY

UV - visible spectroelectrochemistry is used in situ during electrochemical experiments to examine chemical processes occurring either in solution or at the electrode surface. The technique has recently been applied to the study of polymer modified electrodes, surface adsorbed species and surface plasmons, and soluble reactive organic intermediates, in addition to many other areas of general interest. Substantial improvements have been made recently in the sensitivity of the method, which allow electrochemical kinetic and mechanistic studies on very small concentrations of electrogenerated chromophores.