New insight into the electrochemistry of mercury sulfide layers at mercury electrodes

An available approximate theoretical approach (Refs. [1, 2] for the electrochemical reaction of a mercury sulfide surface layer was further developed in order to alleviate for the effect of errors resulting from the approximations, with an aim at improving data processing in order to extract relevant kinetic and thermodynamic parameters. Typical data processing procedures based on derived equation are assessed and further possibilities for application and theory improvement are discussed. Anodic reaction of metal sulfide layers is relevant to self-assembly of sulfur derivatives on metal surface for the purpose of building up the recognition part in chemical sensor development.