“…Although smectites are electrochemically inactive, it has been reported that the metal complexes adsorbed into a clay film are active electrochemically (Gosh & Bard, 1983). Since then, many reports have appeared on the application of clay-modified electrodes (Fitch, 1990;Fitch & Lee, 1993;Itaya & Bard, 1985;Ege et al, 1985;Lee & Fitch, 1990;Fitch et al 1988;Rong et al, 1990;Kaviratna & Pinnavaia, 1992;Gobi et al, 1994;Labbe et al, 1994;Fitch & Krzysik, 1994;Xiang & Villemure, 1994;Mousty et al, 1994;Shen et al, 1994). The detailed mechanisms at the electrodes, however, remain to be clarified.…”