Recent advances on the theory of pulse techniques: A mini review

• Theory for pulse techniques is reviewed for kinetic and mechanistic studies.
• Analytical solutions are available for many frequent electrochemical mechanisms.
• Sophisticated numerical methods enable efficient simulation of complex systems.

The theory recently developed for the main double- and multi- potential pulse techniques is reviewed, enabling us to benefit from using such techniques in mechanistic and kinetic quantitative studies. First, easy-to-implement analytical and semi-analytical solutions are considered for many common electrochemical problems. For more complex experimental situations, efficient numerical methods are available as well as software packages.