Efforts to design catalytic schemes approaching reversibility in which the catalyst is active for both the oxidation and reduction processes are attracting active attention boosted by recent successes. Kinetic analysis of such systems, by electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), would contribute to establish reliable mechanisms. So far, the relationships required to achieve this task have been restrained to irreversible catalytic schemes. The purpose of the present communication is to fill this gap. As a preliminary contribution, the analysis is limited to simple on-electron-one step schemes so as to set out the main features of the competition between catalytic reaction and diffusion transport of catalyst and substrates. Emphasis is put on S-shaped CV responses, which offer the best opportunities to accessing the detailed kinetic information forming the basis for determination of mechanisms.

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电化学反应的分子催化。接近可逆性的系统的循环伏安法

由于最近的成功，设计接近可逆性的催化方案的努力引起了人们的积极关注，在该方案中，催化剂对氧化和还原过程均具有活性。通过电化学技术（例如循环伏安法（CV））对此类系统进行动力学分析，将有助于建立可靠的机理。到目前为止，实现该任务所需的关系已被限制在不可逆的催化方案中。本来文的目的是填补这一空白。作为初步贡献，该分析仅限于简单的电子一步法，以阐明催化反应与催化剂和底物扩散传输之间竞争的主要特征。重点放在S形简历上，