Pseudo-reference electrode

Definition: An electrode through which no appreciable current is allowed to flow and is used to observe or control the potential at a working electrode. A pseudo-reference electrode, such as a Ag wire, fulfils the role of a reference electrode but the electrochemical processes allowing it to do so are not well understood, in contrast to a true reference electrode.

ID: CMO:0002429

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Does mesoporosity enhance thin film properties? A question of electrode material for electrochromism of WO₃
Rainer Ostermann and Bernd Smarsly, Nanoscale, 2009 , 1 , 266
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00091g