Could anyone help me to comprehend the importance of the equivalent circuit/parameters of the electrode-skin interface in the design of biopotential sensors?
The skin is fatty and therefore it behaves as a very band conductor even it is much like leaky insulator. So, as the colleague Aparna Sathya Murthy said the skin is equivalent to a parallel combination of resistor and a capacitor.
But when you measure it you must coat the skin with a conducting gel to avoid the interface resistance between the electrodes and the skin.