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Time stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
06:00 - Livestream starts
10:41 - Where does the 'S' shape in a CV come from?
16:52 - If my experiment is diffusion-controlled, what will the EIS data look like and what is the best circuit fit model to use?
22:50 - Regarding electrochemical kinetics, the Butler-Volmer equation is developed for one reactant giving one product, but what if we have several products from one reactant?
27:39 - How does pH affect the potential I measure?
40:42 - In HER water splitting, which part of the Tafel plot should be considered to measure the Tafel slope?
50:48 - During water splitting, how does the potential change with pH?
56:44 - For EIS of lithium-ion batteries, there are often several semicircles on the Nyquist plot. Which ones are ascribed to the SEI, anode, and cathode?
1:02:27 - Could you still use Tafel plots to measure relative corrosion rates on a material with/without a coating, even if your experiment wasn't appropriate for measuring purely kinetic current?
1:07:26 - Is it OK if during GCD we charge the supercapacitor fast and discharge it slowly? Is it mandatory to keep the ratio of charging and discharging current as 1:1?
1:11:13 - More discussion about the Nernst equation, pH and reference electrodes shifting potentials
1:17:55 - Does a potentiostat know how much potential it applies, or will it "read" the potential measured between the RE and WE?
1:20:25 - What are possible applications for vanadium redox flow batteries?
1:23:33 - In a three electrode cell, what are fundamental reasons why the reference electrode should be very small and close to the working electrode?
1:26:26 - My leakless reference electrode shows an offset of 0.25 V, is this a problem? Discussion about leakless reference electrodes
1:33:28 - Discussion about reference electrode position in a lithium-ion battery
1:40:07 - What are the mechanisms behind reversible and irreversible self-discharge in a lithium-ion battery?
1:44:03 - Why might I get the opposite trend from the Nernst equation with changing pH and measured potential? I am testing a Ni II-III redox and lowering the pH to acidic conditions
1:47:49 - Can I use more AC perturbation than 10 mV to characterize the initial water uptake kinetics for a very thick coating of 500 µm? With 10 mV, I am getting a lot of noise. Will 50 mV work?
1:56:14 - How can I reduce noise in a differential pulse voltammogram?
2:01:55 - Why don't you get good EIS data if the resistance is too high?
2:05:45 - I am trying to measure the conductivity of my membrane with a 4-point probe system. Should I perform GEIS, PEIS, or a DC method?
2:07:42 - I am doing EIS on anodized aluminum with 5 time constants. Should I get 5 different semicircles, or will there only be one or two while circuit fitting?