No/less features when electrodes tested in two electrode cell rather than 3 electrode cell?

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Article Determination of the Specific Capacitance of Conducting Poly...

The above article is a classic paper comparing two and three-electrode measurements for supercapacitors. There are many papers that have cited this article and have commented on what is the best practice. My question is; why is a 2 electrode cell CV measurement more featureless? WHY?

Gnanavel Angamuthu

Dear Deepak Sridhar,

hope the following link will provide answer for your Q....

https://pineresearch.com/shop/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/DRK10053-Overview-of-Reference-Electrode-Operation-and-Alternative-Reference-Electrodes-REV001.pdf

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