Significant
Research Contributions of Professor Rama Kant
Electrochemical
Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) on Rough and Heterogeneous Electrodes
Theories for Diffusion Processes Involving Charge Transfer,
Ohmic, Adsorption, Bulk Reaction and EDL Relaxation
1. Facile (Nernstian) Charge Transfer
Anomalous Warburg Impedance

Warburg Admittance
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Generalized Warburg
Admittance on Randomly Rough Electrode

Anomalous Warburg
Admittance on Finite Fractal Electrode
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Influence of Fractal
Dimension, Topothesy and Finest Lengths of Roughness

Further reading
R. Kant, R. Kumar,
V. K.Yadav, J. Phys. Chem. C (Letter), 2008, 112, 4019.
R. Kumar, R. Kant, J.
Chem. Sci., 2009, 121, 579.
R.
Kant, S.K.Rangarajan, J. Electroanal. Chem. C, 2003, 552, 141.
2. Partial Diffusion Limited Charge Transfer
Theory of Quasireversible
Charge Transfer Admittance on Rough Electrode
Quasireversible Admittance
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Generalized
Quasireversible Admittance on Randomly Rough Electrode
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Anomalous Quasireversible
Admittance on Finite Fractal Electrode
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Fractal Dimension,
Topothesy and Finest Lengths of Roughness

Further reading
R. Kumar, R. Kant, Electrochimica
Acta 56(2011)7112.
R.
Kant, S.K.Rangarajan, J. Electroanal. Chem. C, 2003, 552, 141.
Bard, A. J.; Faulkner, L. R. Electrochemical
Methods: Fundamentals and Application; Wiley: New York, NY, U.S., 1980.
3. Facile (Nernstian) Charge Transfer with Ohmic Corrections
Anomalous Warburg Impedance:
Influence of Uncompensated
Solution Resistance

Warburg Admittance with Uncompensated
Solution Resistance

Generalized Warburg Admittance with Ohmic
Correction on Randomly Rough Electrode

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Anomalous Warburg Admittance with Ohmic
Correction on Finite Fractal Electrode
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Influence of Ohmic Resistance on the
Response of Finite Fractal Electrode


Further reading
Shruti Srivastav, R. Kant, J. Phys. Chem C 115 ( 2011) 12232.
Bard, A. J.; Faulkner, L. R. Electrochemical
Methods: Fundamentals and Application; Wiley: New York, NY, U.S., 1980.
4.
Adsorption
Precedes Facile Charge Transfer
Generalization of
Reduced Frumkin-Melik-Gaikazyan (FMG) Model for Rough Electrodes
Reduced FMG
Admittance
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Reduced FMG
Admittance for Randomly Rough Electrode
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Anomalous Reduced FMG
Admittance for Finite Fractal Electrode
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Influence of Adsorption Parameter on Fractal Electrode Response

Further reading
R. Kumar, R. Kant, Electrochimica
Acta 95 (2013) 275.
Bard, A. J.; Faulkner, L. R. Electrochemical
Methods: Fundamentals and Application; Wiley: New York, NY, U.S., 1980.
5. Facile
Charge Transfer Coupled to Bulk Reaction
Theory
of Generalized Gerischer Admittance of Realistic Fractal Electrode

Gerischer Admittance
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Generalized Gerischer
Admittance for Randomly Rough Electrode

Anomalous Gerischer
Admittance for Finite Fractal Electrode
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Influence of Bulk
Reaction Kinetics on the Response of Fractal Electrode

Further reading
R. Kumar, R. Kant,
J. Phys. Chem.
C, 2009, 113,
19558.
6. Blocking
and Partially-Blocking Electrode
Theory
of Electric Double Layer Admittance of Heterogenous Electrode

Debye-Falkenhagen
Admittance for Partially-Blocking Electrode


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Further
reading
M. Birla Singh and R. Kant, J. Electroanal. Chem., 2013, 704,
197-207.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.07.007 |
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