Issue 26, 2024

Five years of scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM): new insights and innovations

Abstract

Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) is a nanopipette-based technique which enables measurement of localised electrochemistry. SECCM has found use in a wide range of electrochemical applications, and due to the wider uptake of this technique in recent years, new applications and techniques have been developed. This minireview has collected all SECCM research articles published in the last 5 years, to demonstrate and celebrate the recent advances, and to make it easier for SECCM researchers to remain well-informed. The wide range of SECCM applications is demonstrated, which are categorised here into electrocatalysis, electroanalysis, photoelectrochemistry, biological materials, energy storage materials, corrosion, electrosynthesis, and instrumental development. In the collection of this library of SECCM studies, a few key trends emerge. (1) The range of materials and processes explored with SECCM has grown, with new applications emerging constantly. (2) The instrumental capabilities of SECCM have grown, with creative techniques being developed from research groups worldwide. (3) The SECCM research community has grown significantly, with adoption of the SECCM technique becoming more prominent.

Graphical abstract: Five years of scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM): new insights and innovations

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
28 feb 2024
Accepted
04 jun 2024
First published
05 jun 2024

Nanoscale, 2024,16, 12345-12367

Five years of scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM): new insights and innovations

L. F. Gaudin, I. R. Wright, T. R. Harris-Lee, G. Jayamaha, M. Kang and C. L. Bentley, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 12345 DOI: 10.1039/D4NR00859F

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