AfterMath Electrochemistry Guide

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This guide will help you learn how to use the AfterMath™ Data Organizer software package to control electrochemical instrumentation (such as potentiostats and electrode rotators) available from Pine Research Instrumentation. AfterMath is a general purpose scientific data management application which offers powerful plotting capabilities as well as the ability to control scientific instruments and acquire data from these instruments. Among the types of instruments supported by the Aftermath software are the various electrochemical potentiostats offered by Pine.

• Section I: Introduction
  • 1.1 Scope of this Guide
  • 1.2 Software License Information
  • 1.3 AfterMath System Requirements
• Section II: Experimental Considerations
  • 2.1 Idle Conditions
  • 2.2 Measurement Sensitivity
  • 2.3 Autoranging Options
  • 2.4 Cell Switching
• Section III: Electrochemical Techniques
  • 3.1 Simple Electrolysis Methods
    • Controlled Potential "Bulk" Electrolysis (BE)
    • Controlled Current Electrolysis (CP)
    • Rotating Disk Bulk Electrolysis (BE-RDE)
    • Dual Electrode Controlled Potential Electrolysis (DEBE)
  • 3.2 Staircase and Sweep Voltammetry
    • Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV)
    • Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)
    • Staircase Voltammetry (SCV)
  • 3.3 Potential Step Methods
    • Chronoamperometry (CA)
    • Double Potential Step Chronoamperometry (DPSCA)
  • 3.4 Square Wave and Pulse Methods
    • Square Wave Voltammetry (SWV)
    • Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV)
    • Normal Pulse Voltammetry (NPV)
      • Reverse Normal Pulse Voltammetry (RNPV)
      • Cyclic Normal Pulse Voltammetry (RNPV)
  • 3.5 Galvanostatic Methods
    • Chronopotentiometry (CP)
    • Current Ramp Chronopotentiometry (CRP)
    • Cyclic Chronopotentiometry (CCP)
  • 3.6 Hydrodynamic Methods
    • Rotating Disk Electrochemistry (RDE)
    • Rotating Ring Disk Electrochemistry (RRDE)
    • Koutecky-Levich Rotating Disk Electrochemistry (KL-RDE)
    • Rotating Disk Bulk Electrolysis (BE-RDE)
  • 3.7 Stripping Methods
    • Stripping Voltammetry (SV)
  • 3.8 Miscellaneous
    • Open Circuit Potential (OCP)