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Introduction -- Definition of the impedance and impedance of electrical circuits -- Determination of impedances -- Impedance of the faradaic reactions in the presence of mass transfer -- Impedance of the faradaic reactions in the presence of adsorption -- General method of obtaining impedance of complex reactions -- Electrocatalytic reactions involving hydrogen -- Dispersion if impedances at solid electrodes -- Impedance of porous electrodes -- Semiconductors and Mott-Schottky plots -- Coatings and paints -- Self-assembled monolayers, biological membranes, and biosensors -- Conditions for obtaining good impedances -- Modeling of experimental data -- Nonlinear impedances (higher harmonics) -- Instrumental limitations -- Conclusions