Chapter 13: Spectroelectrochemistry Check Access

Absorption spectroscopies in the UV-Vis and IR regions are widely diffused in spectroelectrochemical techniques, but in reality almost all spectroscopic methods can be coupled with different electrochemical methods. The chapter gives a substantial survey of the possible combinations of spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques and the different features of the pertinent cell designs. The aim is to provide novices with a few experimental hints and suggestions about how to approach this set of techniques, and also to update electrochemists with the wide and recent assortment actually available in the field of spectroelectrochemistry. In fact, the most used in situ spectroelectrochemical techniques are described in detail, together with a brief look at those less commonly known.