Comprehensive introduction to the field of electrochemistry, covering the fundamentals and showing many current applications and real-life examples

Fundamentals of Electrochemistry presents the fundamentals of the field and gives a detailed overview of the most important applications, including batteries and fuel cells, as well as topics like corrosion and electrochemical material science, with numerous case studies showing how theories are applied in practice through real-life examples.

The first part of the book presents the fundamentals, written at an introductory BSc level. The second part provides an overview of the experimental methods in electrochemistry; this part, as well as the remaining parts, aims at more advanced BSc students, as well as MSc and PhD students. The third part focuses on electrochemical material science. The fourth part shows a wide variety of current applications in electrochemistry.

Written by a highly qualified and prominent professor with extensive teaching and research experience in the field, Fundamentals of Electrochemistry explores topics including:

• Interfacial electrochemistry, covering vibrational spectroscopy at surfaces, ellipsometry, surface plasmon resonance, spectroscopy of core shell electrons, X-diffractions, mass spectrometry, and quartz crystal microbalance
• Electrodeposition, covering metal deposition on foreign materials, galvanic processes, and electrodeposition of oxides
• Modified electrodes, covering electrochemistry of self-assembled monolayers, electronically conductive polymers, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials
• Electroanalytical methods and electrochemical sensors, covering dynamic electrochemical methods, amperometric sensors, and voltammetry under special mass transport conditions
• Thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions, covering cell voltage to electrode potentials

The unique combination of content makes Fundamentals of Electrochemistry the perfect companion for BSc, MSc, and PhD students in the field of electrochemistry.

Gunther Wittstock is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. His research interests cover the analysis of local reactions at the solid-liquid interface with microelectrochemical and spectroscopic techniques, the combination of biochemical and biomimetic functional units with solid-state surfaces, and local electrochemical surface modifications. He teaches courses in the fields of electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and functional materials.