Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) UV & visible spectroscopy Transmission experiments Specular reflectance & ellipsometry Internal reflection spectroelectrochemistry Second harmonic spectroscopy Vibrational spectroscopy: IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy Electron & ion spectroscopy XPS, AES, LEED, HREELS, mass spectroscopy Magnetic resonance methods: ESR, NMR Quartz crystal microbalance X-ray methods: XAS, XRD A Scanning probe techniques. Spectroelectrochemistry (ch. 16/17)
Microscopy: optical → scanning electron or force → STM, AFM in situ vs. ex situ techniques Scanning tunneling microsocpy (STM) Scanning probe techniques (ch. 16)
Au(111) at 0.7 V vs. NHE in HCl
Electrochemical STM
STM images of HOPG STM images of Pt(111) with I-adlattice in HClO 4
STM images of Cu(111): effect of etching
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS)
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
Cantilever displacement vs. z-deflection for (left) attractive interaction and (right) repulsive interaction
AFM of Cu underpotential deposition (UPD) on Au(111) Electrochemical AFM
Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM)
Principles of SECM
SECM appoach curves for steady-state currents
Imaging surface topography & reactivity Ta oxide formation on Ta
Commercialized SECM
SECM applications Ag line formation Electrochemical Cu etching
Spectroelectrochemistry (Ch. 17) UV & visible spectroscopy 1. Transmission experiments
Cell for transmission spectroelectrochemistry
Responses for transmission spectroelectrochemistry
Spectra of cobalt complex at different potentials
Detector Power meter Potentiostat Electrochemical cell or EC devices He-Ne laser (633nm) In-situ transmittance test
2. Specular reflectance and ellipsometry
Elliptic polarization arising from a phase shift between parallel & perpendicular components
Specular reflection spectroscopy
Electroreflectance spectra of Ag in NaClO 4
Reflectance changes caused by halide adsorption on Au
Ellipsometer Ellipsometry
Ellipsometric results for anodization of Al in tartaric acid
Growth of passive film on Fe at 0.8 V vs. SCE
Growth of polyaniline film: experiemental (dotted) vs. fiited resluts (solid)
3. Internal reflection spectroelectrochemistry
Transient absorbance
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
SPR curves for Au and monolayers
4. Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy
5. Second harmonic spectroscopy Second harmonic generation (SHG)
SHG response