Preface.Acknowledgments.The Blind Men and the Elephant.History of Impedance Spectroscopy.I: Background.1. Complex Variables.1.
1 Why Imaginary Numbers?1.2 Terminology.1.3 Operations Involving Complex variables.1.4 Elementary Functions of Complex Variables.Problems.2.
Differential Equations.2.1 Linear First-Order Differential Equations.2.2 Homogeneous Linear Second-Order Differential Equations.2.3 Nonhomogeneous Linear Second-Order Differential Equations.2.
4 Partial Differential Equations by Similarity Transformations.2.5 Differential Equations with Complex Variables.Problems.3. Statistics.3.1 Definitions.
3.2 Error Propagation.3.3 Hypothesis Tests.Problems.4. Electrical Circuits.4.
1 Passive Electrical Circuits.4.2 Fundamental Relationships.4.3 Nested Circuits.4.4 Mathematical Equivalence of Circuits.4.
5 Graphical Representation of Circuit Response.Problems.5. Electrochemistry.5.1 Resistors and Electrochemical Cells.5.2 Equilibrium in Electrochemical Systems.
5.3 Polarization Behavior for Electrochemical Systems.5.4 Definitions of Potential.5.5 Rate Expressions.5.6 Transport Processes.
5.7 Potential Contributions.5.8 Capacitance Contributions.Problems.6. Electrochemical Instrumentation.6.
1 The Ideal Operational Amplifier.6.2 Elements of Electrochemical Instrumentation.6.3 Electrochemical Interface.Problems.II: Experimental Considerations.7.
Experimental Methods.7.1 Steady-State Polarization Curves.7.2 Transient Response to a Potential Step.7.3 Analysis in Frequency Domain.7.
4 Comparison of Measurement Techniques.7.5 Specialized Techniques.Problems.8. Experimental Design.8.1 Cell Design.
8.2 Experimental Considerations.8.3 Instrumentation Parameters.Problems.III: Process Models.9. Equivalent Circuit Analogs.
9.1 General Approach.9.2 Current Addition.9.3 Potential Addition.Problems.10.
Kinetic Models.10.1 Electrochemical Reactions.10.2 Reaction Dependent on Potential Only.10.3 Reaction Dependent on Potential and Mass Transfer.10.
4 Coupled Reactions Dependent on Potential and Surface Coverage.10.5 Reactions Dependent on Potential, Surface Coverage, and Transport.Problems.11. Diffusion Impedance.11.1 Uniformly Accessible Electrode.
11.2 General mathematical Framework.11.3 Stagnant Diffusion Layer.11.4 Diffusion through a Solid Film.11.5 Coupled Diffusion Impendence.
11.6 Rotating Disk.11.7 Submerged Impinging Jet.11.8 Rotating Cylinders.Problems.12.
Semiconducting Systems.12.1 Semiconductor Physics.12.2 Steady-State Models.12.3 Impedance Models.Problems.
13. Time-Constant Dispersion.13.1 Constant-Phase Elements.13.2 Convective Diffusion Impedance at Small Electrodes.13.3 Geometry-Induced Current and Potential Distributions.
13.4 Porous Electrodes.13.5 Oxide Layers.Problems14. Generalized Transfer Functions.14.1 Multi-Input/Multi-Output Systems.
14.2 Transfer Functions Involving Exclusively Electrical Quantities.14.3 Transfer Functions Involving Nonelectrical Quantities.Problems.15. Electrohydrodynamic Impedance.15.
1 Hydrodynamic Transfer Function.15.2 Mass-Transport Transfer Function.15.3 Kinetic Transfer Function for Simple Electrochemical Reactions.15.4 Interface with a 2-D or 3-D Insulating Phase.Problems.