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Maria Huidobro1, Martin Perez-Estebanez1, Aranzazu Heras1
1Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Burgos, Pza. Misael Bañuelos s/n, E-09001 Burgos, Spain.
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Ensuring good quality UV/vis absorption measurements is crucial for obtaining reliable information during spectroelectrochemistry (UV/vis-SEC) experiments. One important factor in ensuring this quality is the initial value of the detected light, I0, which is necessary to define the absorbance (A = -log(I/I0)). Low values of I0 or I can significantly alter the shape of the UV/vis spectra, particularly during the evolution of species with high absorption coefficients. In this work, we developed a new SEC technique, denoted as multiscale UV/vis-SEC, which performs simultaneous optical measurements at different scales, using a dual path length cell, to describe with high reliability the evolution of the reactants and products involved in the electrode process.
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