Techniques and Mechanisms in Electrochemistry

✍ Scribed by P.A. Christensen, A. Hamnet

• Publisher: Blackie Academic & Professional
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 379
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book reveals electrochemistry as an integral part of modern physical chemistry, in particular as a branch of surface chemistry. It is written without excessive mathematical complexity, and with an emphasis on the mechanisms of electrochemical reactions and how they may be explored using modern techniques. Written primarily for mid to advanced level undergraduates and postgraduates of chemistry, the book is also intended for electrochemists working in any of the vast range of industries exploiting electrochemical technology.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 3
List of symbols......Page 5
1.1.1.-Structure of the solid electrode......Page 7
1.1.2.-Structure of the electrified interface......Page 12
1.1.3-Adsorption on the Electrode Surface......Page 15
1.2.1-Thermodynamic Considerations......Page 17
1.2.2-Rate of Electron Transfer......Page 19
1.2.3-Rate of Transport of Solution Species......Page 26
1.3-Reaction Mechanisms......Page 29
1.3.1-Homogeneous Electrochemical Mechanisms......Page 32
1.3.2-Electrochemical Mechanisms with Adsorbed Intermediates......Page 35
1.3.3-The Direct Detection of Intermediates......Page 40
Further Reading......Page 41
2.1.1-Electrocapillarity......Page 42
2.1.2-Linear Sweep Voltammetry and Cyclic Voltammetry......Page 61
2.1.3-Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy......Page 73
2.1.4-Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy......Page 82
2.1.5-Atomic Force Microscopy......Page 88
2.1.6-Infrared Spectroscopy......Page 95
2.1.7-The Raman Spectroscopies......Page 116
2.1.8-Ellipsometry......Page 127
2.1.9-X-Ray Spectroscopies......Page 137
2.1.10-AC Techniques......Page 160
2.2- In Situ Probes of the Near-Electrode Region......Page 172
2.2.1-Chronoamperometry, Chronocoulometry and the Butler-Volmer Equation......Page 174
2.2.2-Voltammetry......Page 176
2.2.3-The Controlled-Convection Techniques: The Rotating Disc and Rotating Ring-Disc Electrodes......Page 181
2.2.4-Electron Paramagnetic Resonance......Page 189
2.2.5-UV-Visible Spectroelectrochemistry......Page 203
2.2.6-The Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance......Page 210
2.2.7-FTIR and Related Techniques......Page 214
2.2.8-Mass Spectrometry Techniques - DEMS......Page 223
2.3.1-Structural and Analytical Methods......Page 224
2.3.2-Mass Spectrometric Techniques......Page 228
References......Page 230
Further Reading......Page 231
3.1.1-The Hydride Region......Page 234
3.1.2-The Oxide Region......Page 253
3.1.3-The Voltammetry of Single-Crystal Platinum Electrodes......Page 268
3.2-The Electro-Oxidation of Methanol at Platinum in Acid Solution......Page 272
3.2.1-Methanol Oxidation at a Smooth Polished Polycrystalline Platinum Electrode......Page 274
3.3.1-The Direct Reduction of CO2 in Non-Aqueous Solvents......Page 292
3.3.2-The Catalysed Reduction of CO2......Page 308
3.4.1-Oxide Formation on Metals: The Nature of the Passive Film on Iron......Page 326
3.4.2-Conducting Polymers......Page 332
3.4.2.1-Structure......Page 334
3.4.2.2-Static Measurements......Page 335
3.4.2.3-Dynamic Properties......Page 341
3.5-Adsorbed Films for the Promotion of Enzyme Electrochemistry......Page 362
References......Page 377
Further Reading......Page 379

✦ Subjects

Химия и химическая промышленность;Электрохимия;