Electrochimica Acta, Vol.44, No.6-7, 897-901, 1998
Interference second harmonic anisotropy at single crystalline silver-electrodes
Using a new approach, the interference SHG anisotropy, it is possible to unambiguously evaluate the nonlinear susceptibility coefficients, which describe the isotropic and anisotropic response of a metal electrode. We report on a first application of this method to single crystalline silver electrodes in a 50 mM aqueous solution of NaClO4. The isotropic coefficient a shows the strongest dependence on the electrode potential. Theory predicts that the real part a(r) = Re(a) should have a minimum near the potential of zero charge. A normalized plot of a(r) vs. the surface charge density sigma shows a good agreement between experiment and theory in the range -20 mu C cm(-2) < sigma < 20 mu C cm(-2)
Keywords:2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION;AU(111) ELECTRODES;METAL-SURFACES;ADSORPTION;INTERFACE;KINETICS;AG(111)