Introduction to Electrochemistry

The field of chemistry concerned with the interrelation of electrical and chemical effects, especially the study of chemical changes caused by an electric current and the electrical energy production by chemical reactions, is termed electrochemistry [5]. While electrochemistry encompasses a huge array of different phenomena applied in a variety of technologies, applications, and characterization techniques, such as the surface area measurement by hydrogen adsorption discussed in Sect. 4.3.8, the main emphasis here will be focused on electrodeposition and devices based on electrochemistry, such as electrochemical supercapacitors and electrochromic displays. 

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S. Glasstone, An Introduction to Electrochemistry, Eighth Printing, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.,... 

Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, John Wiley Sons, New York, 1976. Robbins, J., Ions in Solution, Vol. 2, An Introduction to Electrochemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1972. 

Mamantov, G., Hussey, C. L., and Marassi, R., An Introduction to Electrochemistry in Molten Salts, in Techniques for Characterization of Electrodes and Electrochemical Processes, R. Varma and J. R. Selman, Editors. 1991, John Wiley Sons New York. p. 471. 

Crow, D. R., Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry, 4th ed., Blackie A and P, London, 1994. (Undergraduate level. An introduction to electrochemistry requires only basic physical chemistry as prerequisite.)... 

The object of this book is to provide an introduction to electrochemistry in its present state of development. An attempt has been made to explain the fundamentals of the subject as it stands today, devoting little or no space to the consideration of theories and arguments that have been discarded or greatly modified. In this way it is hoped that the reader will acquire the modern point of view in electrochemistry without being burdened by much that is obsolete. In the opinion of the writer, there have been four developments in the past two decades that have had an important influence on electrochemistry. They are the activity concept, the interionic attraction theory, the proton-transfer theory of acids and bases, and the consideration of electrode reactions as rate processes. These ideas have been incorporated into the structure of the book, with consequent simplification and clarification in the treatment of many aspects of electrochemistry. 

Chapter 18 Introduction to Electrochemistry 490 Chapter 19 Applications of Standard Electrode Potentials 523 Chapter 20 Applications of Oxidation/Reduction Titrations 560 Chapter 21 Potentiometry 588... 

Part IV is devoted to electrochemical methods. After an introduction to electrochemistry in Chapter 18, Chapter 19 describes the many uses of electrode potentials. Oxidation/reduction titrations are the subject of Chapter 20, while Chapter 21 presents the use of potentiometric methods to obtain concentrations of molecular and ionic species. Chapter 22 considers the bulk electrolytic methods of electrogravimetry and coulometry, while Chapter 23 discusses voltammetric methods including linear sweep and cyclic voltammetry, anodic stripping voltammetry, and polarography. 

Bryn, H.D. Introduction to Electrochemistry. Macmillan Physical Science Series, 1993. 

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