Elsevier, 2007
The Handbook of Electrochemistry is divided into five parts: Fundamentals (Chapter 1),
Laboratory Practical (Chapters 2–10), Techniques (Chapters 11–14), Applications (Chapters
15–17), and Data (Chapters 18–20). Chapter 1 covers the fundamentals of electrochemistry
that are essential for everyone working in this field and sets the stage for the following
19 chapters. Thus, Chapter 1 presents an overview of electrochemical conventions, terminology,
fundamental equations, electrochemical cells, experiments, literature, textbooks, and specialized
books. Laboratory aspects of electrochemistry are emphasized in the following nine
chapters that include Practical Electrochemical Cells (Chapter 2), Solvents and Supporting
Electrolytes (Chapter 3), Reference Electrodes (Chapter 4), Solid Electrode Materials:
Pretreatment and Activation (Chapter 5), Ultramicroelectrodes (Chapter 6), Potentiometric
Ion-Selective Electrodes (Chapter 7), Chemically Modified Electrodes (Chapter 8),
Semiconductor Electrodes (Chapter 9), and Microelectrode Arrays (Chapter 10).
Electrochemical techniques covered in this handbook range from classical experiments
(Chapter 11) to Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) (Chapter 12), Electrogenerated
Chemiluminesence (Chapter 13), and Spectroelectrochemistry (Chapter 14).
These four chapters also include representative applications based on the method described.
Specific electrochemical applications based on the preceding chapters illustrate the impact
of electrochemistry in exploring diverse topics ranging from electrode kinetic determinations
(Chapter 15), unique aspects of metal deposition (Chapter 16) including micro- and
nanostructures, template deposition, and single particle deposition, and electrochemistry in
small places and at novel interfaces (Chapter 17) including biological cells, single molecule
electrochemistry, and electrochemistry at liquid/liquid interfaces. The remaining three
chapters provide useful electrochemical data and information involving electrode potentials
(Chapter 18), diffusion coefficients (Chapter 19), and methods used in measuring liquidjunction
potentials (Chapter 20). The majority of the chapters were supervised by a single
corresponding author. Exceptions to this are Chapters 6, Ultramicroelectrodes; Chapter 16,
Metal Deposition; and Chapter 17, Electrochemistry in Small Places and at Novel
Interfaces, where several authors contributed to different sections in a specific chapter.
The Handbook of Electrochemistry is divided into five parts: Fundamentals (Chapter 1),
Laboratory Practical (Chapters 2–10), Techniques (Chapters 11–14), Applications (Chapters
15–17), and Data (Chapters 18–20). Chapter 1 covers the fundamentals of electrochemistry
that are essential for everyone working in this field and sets the stage for the following
19 chapters. Thus, Chapter 1 presents an overview of electrochemical conventions, terminology,
fundamental equations, electrochemical cells, experiments, literature, textbooks, and specialized
books. Laboratory aspects of electrochemistry are emphasized in the following nine
chapters that include Practical Electrochemical Cells (Chapter 2), Solvents and Supporting
Electrolytes (Chapter 3), Reference Electrodes (Chapter 4), Solid Electrode Materials:
Pretreatment and Activation (Chapter 5), Ultramicroelectrodes (Chapter 6), Potentiometric
Ion-Selective Electrodes (Chapter 7), Chemically Modified Electrodes (Chapter 8),
Semiconductor Electrodes (Chapter 9), and Microelectrode Arrays (Chapter 10).
Electrochemical techniques covered in this handbook range from classical experiments
(Chapter 11) to Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) (Chapter 12), Electrogenerated
Chemiluminesence (Chapter 13), and Spectroelectrochemistry (Chapter 14).
These four chapters also include representative applications based on the method described.
Specific electrochemical applications based on the preceding chapters illustrate the impact
of electrochemistry in exploring diverse topics ranging from electrode kinetic determinations
(Chapter 15), unique aspects of metal deposition (Chapter 16) including micro- and
nanostructures, template deposition, and single particle deposition, and electrochemistry in
small places and at novel interfaces (Chapter 17) including biological cells, single molecule
electrochemistry, and electrochemistry at liquid/liquid interfaces. The remaining three
chapters provide useful electrochemical data and information involving electrode potentials
(Chapter 18), diffusion coefficients (Chapter 19), and methods used in measuring liquidjunction
potentials (Chapter 20). The majority of the chapters were supervised by a single
corresponding author. Exceptions to this are Chapters 6, Ultramicroelectrodes; Chapter 16,
Metal Deposition; and Chapter 17, Electrochemistry in Small Places and at Novel
Interfaces, where several authors contributed to different sections in a specific chapter.