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Fundamentals of Electrochemistry provides the basic outline of most topics of theoretical and applied electrochemistry for students not yet familiar with this field, as well as an outline of recent and advanced developments in electrochemistry for people who are already dealing with electrochemical problems.
The content of this edition is arranged so that all basic information is contained in the first part of the book, which is now rewritten and simplified in order to make it more accessible and used as a textbook for undergraduate students. More advanced topics, of interest for postgraduate levels, come in the subsequent parts.
This updated second edition focuses on experimental techniques, including a comprehensive chapter on physical methods for the investigation of electrode surfaces. New chapters deal with recent trends in electrochemistry, including nano- and micro-electrochemistry, solid-state electrochemistry, and electrocatalysis. In addition, the authors take into account the worldwide renewal of interest for the problem of fuel cells and include chapters on batteries, fuel cells, and double layer capacitors.

VLADIMIR S. BAGOTSKY, PHD, is a retired professor from the Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Previously, he headed a department at the Moscow Power Sources Institute, where he supervised the development of new batteries for most Russian ICBMs, sputniks, and spacecrafts. He has extensive experience with both theoretical and applied electrochemistry. He has authored 400 scientific papers and four monographs, including, in 1952 (together with Professor A. N. Frumkin et al.), the first monograph on electrochemical kinetics, titled Kinetics of Electrode Processes, and served on the editorial boards of Journal of Power Sources and Elektrokhimiya.

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VLADIMIR S. BAGOTSKY, PHD, is a retired professor from the Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Previously, he headed a department at the Moscow Power Sources Institute, where he supervised the development of new batteries for most Russian ICBMs, sputniks, and spacecrafts. He has extensive experience with both theoretical and applied electrochemistry. He has authored 400 scientific papers and four monographs, including, in 1952 (together with Professor A. N. Frumkin et al.), the first monograph on electrochemical kinetics, titled Kinetics of Electrode Processes, and served on the editorial boards of Journal of Power Sources and Elektrokhimiya.

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A cogent and useful introduction to thetheory and application of electrochemistry

A significantly revised and improved edition of a noted text, this Second Edition of Fundamentals of Electrochemistry is designed to serve both professionals and novices with the essential information they require to understand and apply electrochemical processes. For students not yet familiar with this field, the text offers a basic outline of the essential topics of theoretical and applied electrochemistry; for practicing researchers and engineers, the book serves as a key to recent and advanced developments in the field.

This new edition features:

• Improved organization that includes a rewritten and simplified introductory section that makes the basics more accessible to undergraduates
• More advanced topics of interest to postgraduate readers, discussed in later sections
• A new focus on experimental techniques, including a comprehensive chapter on physical methods for the investigation of electrode surfaces
• New chapters dealing with recent trends in electrochemistry, including nanoelectrochemistry, solid-state electrochemistry, conducting polymers, electrocatalysis, computer simulation in electrochemistry, and electrochemistry and the environment
• Chapters on batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and other electrochemical devices and phenomena

The thoughtfully revised Fundamentals of Electrochemistry, Second Edition is a cogent and comprehensive resource for anyone needing to master this highly relevant field.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

List of Photographs.

Abbreviations.

Symbols.

PART I: BASIC CONCEPTS.

1. Electric Currents in Ionic Conductors.

1.1 Various Types of Conductors.

1.2 Ions in Electrolyte Solutions.

1.3 Conductivity of Electrolyte Solutions.

1.4 Circuits Involving Ionic Conductors. Electrodes.

1.5 Passage of Current Through Electrodes. Electrode Reactions.

1.6 Classification of Electrodes and Electrode Reactions.

1.7 Faraday's Laws.

1.8 Equations for Mass Balance.

1.9 Sign Convention for Currents and Fluxes.

2. Electrode Potentials.

2.1 Interfacial Potential Differences (Galvani Potentials).

2.2 Exchange Currents.

2.3 Open-Circuit Voltages.

2.4 Electrode Potentials.

2.5 Cell Voltage at Nonzero Current.

3. Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Systems.

3.1 Conventional and Undefined Parameters.

3.2 Thermodynamic Functions in Electrochemistry.

3.3 Thermodynamic Activity.

3.4 Equations for the EMF of Galvanic Cells.

3.5 Concentration Dependence of Electrode Potentials.

3.6 Special Thermodynamic Features of Electrode Potentials.

4. Mass Transfer in Electrolytes.

4.1 Basic Laws of Ionic Diffusion in Solutions.

4.2 Limiting Diffusion Currents in Electrolytes.

4.3 Ionic Transport by Migration and Diffusion.

4.4 Convective Transport.

5. Phase Boundaries (Interfaces) Between Miscible Electrolytes.

5.1 Types of Interfaces Between Electrolytes.

5.2 Potentials Between Similar Electrolytes (Diffusion Potentials).

5.3 Distribution of the Ions Between Dissimilar but Miscible Electrolytes.

5.4 Distribution of Ions in Cells with Membrane.

5.5 Galvanic Cells with Transference.

6. Polarization of Electrodes.

6.1 Basic Concepts.

6.2 Laws of Activation Polarization.

6.3 Diffusional Concentration Polarization.

6.4 Superposition of Concentration and Activation Polarization.

7. Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions.

7.1 Electrolytic Dissociation.

7.2 Ionic Solvation (Hydration) in Solutions.

7.3 Activity of Real Electrolyte Solutions.

7.4 Physical Theories of IonIon Interactions.

8. Nonaqueous Electrolytes.

8.1 Different Types of Electrolytes and Their Practicalb Utilization.

8.2 Nonaqueous Electrolyte Solutions.

8.3 Ionically Conducting Melts.

8.4 Inorganic Solid Electrolytes.

9. Electron Work Functions and Volta Potentials. 10. Structure and Properties of Surface Layers.

9.1 Surface Potential of a Phase.

9.2 Work Functions.

9.3 Volta Potentials.

9.4 Two Problems in Electrochemistry.

10. Structure and Properties of Surface Layers.

10.1 Electrical Structure of Interphases.

10.2 Adsorption Phenomena.

10.3 Thermodynamics of Surface Phenomena.

10.4 Mercury Electrode Surface.

10.5 Platinum Electrode Surface.

10.6 Surfaces of Other Electrodes.

11. Transient Processes.

11.1 Evidence for Transient Conditions.

11.2 Transient Diffusion to Electrodes of Large Size.

11.3 Transient Diffusion to Electrodes of Finite Size.

12. Electrochemical research Techniques.

12.1 Reference Electrodes.

12.2 Voltage and Electrode Potential Measurements (Potentiometry).

12.3 Steady-State Polarization Measurements.

12.4 Transient (Pulse) Measurements.

12.5 Impedance Measurements.

PART II:KINETICS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS.

13. Multistep Electrode Reactions.

13.1 Intermediate Reaction Steps.

13.2 Rate-Determining Step.

13.3 Two-Step Electrochemical Reactions.

13.4 Complex Electrochemical Reactions..

13.5 Reactions with Homogeneous Chemical Steps.

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