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Overview

Richard G. Compton is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as electrochemistry, bioengineering, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including electrochemical analysis and applications, analytical chemistry and sensors, conducting polymers and applications, fuel cells and related materials, as well as mass spectrometry techniques and applications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard G. Compton include:

  • Revisiting the Butler-Volmer Electrode Kinetics: Separating the Anodic and Cathodic Current Components of a Quasi-Reversible Electrode Reaction in Staircase Voltammetry (2024, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry)
  • Electrodes modified with thin films: Distinguishing between membrane and pinhole diffusion using machine learning (2023, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry)

Their frequent publication venue is the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, where multiple contributions have been made.

Richard G. Compton has collaborated often with several colleagues, among whom the most frequent coauthors are Giles H.W. Sanders and Minjun Yang, each with seven joint publications. Other coauthors include Valentin Mirčeski, Milivoj Lovrić, and Nabi Ullah.

Aside from journal articles, the scientist has published a book titled Electrode Potentials in 2024 through Oxford University Press.

Best Publications

  • Non-Haloaluminate Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids in Electrochemistry—A Review

    Marisa C. Buzzeo;Russell G. Evans;Richard G. Compton

  • Metal nanoparticles and related materials supported on carbon nanotubes: methods and applications.

    Gregory G. Wildgoose;Craig E. Banks;Richard G. Compton

  • Electrocatalysis at graphite and carbon nanotube modified electrodes: edge-plane sites and tube ends are the reactive sites

    Craig E. Banks;Trevor J. Davies;Gregory G. Wildgoose;Richard G. Compton

  • The use of nanoparticles in electroanalysis: a review

    Christine M. Welch;Richard G. Compton

  • Electrochemical non-enzymatic glucose sensors:a perspective and an evaluation

    Kathryn E. Toghill;Richard G. Compton

  • Carbon Nanotubes Contain Metal Impurities Which Are Responsible for the “Electrocatalysis” Seen at Some Nanotube-Modified Electrodes

    Craig E. Banks;Alison Crossley;Christopher Salter;Shelley J. Wilkins

  • New electrodes for old: from carbon nanotubes to edge plane pyrolytic graphite

    Craig E. Banks;Richard G. Compton

  • Effect of Water on the Electrochemical Window and Potential Limits of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Aoife M. O’Mahony;Debbie S. Silvester;Leigh Aldous;Christopher Hardacre

  • Anodic stripping voltammetry of arsenic(III) using gold nanoparticle-modified electrodes.

    Xuan Dai;Olga Nekrassova;and Michael E. Hyde;Richard G. Compton

  • The Electrochemical Detection and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution

    Yi-Ge Zhou;Neil V. Rees;Richard G. Compton

  • Basal plane pyrolytic graphite modified electrodes: comparison of carbon nanotubes and graphite powder as electrocatalysts.

    Ryan R. Moore;Craig E. Banks;Richard G. Compton

  • Water-induced accelerated ion diffusion: voltammetric studies in 1-methyl-3-[2,6-(S)-dimethylocten-2-yl]imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids

    Uwe Schröder;Jay D. Wadhawan;Richard G. Compton;Frank Marken

  • Defining the transfer coefficient in electrochemistry: An assessment (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Rolando Guidelli;Richard G. Compton;Juan M. Feliu;Eliezer Gileadi

  • Use of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids in Gas Sensor Design

    Marisa C. Buzzeo;Christopher Hardacre;Richard G. Compton

  • Understanding Voltammetry

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  • The use of nanoparticles in electroanalysis: an updated review.

    Fallyn W. Campbell;Richard G. Compton

  • The cyclic and linear sweep voltammetry of regular and random arrays of microdisc electrodes: Theory

    Trevor J. Davies;Richard G. Compton

  • Cyclic voltammetry on electrode surfaces covered with porous layers: An analysis of electron transfer kinetics at single-walled carbon nanotube modified electrodes

    Ian Streeter;Gregory G. Wildgoose;Lidong Shao;Richard G. Compton

  • Analytical methods for inorganic arsenic in water: a review.

    Dang Q. Hung;Olga Nekrassova;Richard G. Compton

  • Analytical strategies for the detection of sulfide: a review

    Nathan S Lawrence;James Davis;Richard G Compton

  • Silver nanoparticle assemblies supported on glassy-carbon electrodes for the electro-analytical detection of hydrogen peroxide.

    C. M. Welch;C. E. Banks;A. O. Simm;R. G. Compton

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Marken
Frank Marken University of Bath
Christopher Batchelor-McAuley
Christopher Batchelor-McAuley Trinity College Dublin
Craig E. Banks
Craig E. Banks Manchester Metropolitan University
Neil V. Rees
Neil V. Rees University of Birmingham
Leigh Aldous
Leigh Aldous King's College London
Christopher Hardacre
Christopher Hardacre University of Manchester
Nathan S. Lawrence
Nathan S. Lawrence University of Oxford
Kristina Tschulik
Kristina Tschulik Ruhr University Bochum
Adrian C. Fisher
Adrian C. Fisher University of Cambridge
Gregory G. Wildgoose
Gregory G. Wildgoose University of East Anglia

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