3. Electrode Kinetics
An overview of the fundamentals in kinetics of electron exchange in electrochemical reactions
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Reaction Kinetics Review and Transfer Coefficient
This video provides a quick review on kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reaction kinetics and their connection to electrochemistry.
Electrochemical Kinetic Relations
This video covers the derivations of the common electrochemcial kinetic relations including the current-overpotential relation and the Butler-Volmer equation
The Current-Overpotential Relation
The video develops some intuition for the thermodynamics, kinetics, and mass transfer involved in the electrochemistry through the current-overpotential relationship. This may be the most important video to watch and study. It uses a spreadsheet to show how different parameters impact the current response. You can download a copy of the spreadsheet to further explore each parameter at this link: Current-Overpotential Spreadsheet
Overview of Advanced Electrochemical Kinetics
The following video gives an overview of inner and outer sphere reactions, Marcus theory, and multi-electron transfer reactions.
Additional Resources
PDF of Slides for Notetaking
Lesson 3 Electrochemical Kinetics Slides
Bonus Video
Electrochemical Kinetic Parameter Fitting and Statistics
Archived Instructional Videos
Old Electrochemical Kinetic Video
Helpful References for Further Learning
Bockris, J. O., & Nagy, Z. (1973). Symmetry factor and transfer coefficient. A source of confusion in electrode kinetics. Journal of Chemical Education, 50(12), 839. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed050p839