Modern Electrochemistry: An Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Area

7 The Electrified Interface.- 7.1 Electrification of an Interface.- Further Reading.- 7.2 Some Problems in Understanding an Electrified Interface.- Further Reading.- 7.3 The Thermodynamics of Electrified Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 7.4 The Structure of Electrified Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 7.5 The Competition between Water and Organic Molecules at the Electrified Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 7.6 Electrified Interfaces at Metals Other than Mercury.- Further Reading.- 7.7 The Structure of the Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interface.- Further Reading.- 7.8 A Bird’s-Eye View of the Structure of Charged Interfaces.- 7.9 Double Layers between Phases Moving Relative to Each Other.- Further Reading.- 7.10 Colloid Chemistry.- Further Reading.- Appendix 7.1 Measurement of the Electrode-Solution Volta Potential Difference.- 8 Electrodics.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 The Basic Electrodic Equation: The Butler-Volmer Equation.- Further Reading.- 8.3 The Butler-Volmer Equation: Further Details.- Further Reading.- 8.4 The Current-Potential Laws at Other Types of Charged Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 8.5 The Quantum Aspects of Charge-Transfer Reactions at Electrode-Solution Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 8.6 Electrodic Reactions and Chemical Reactions.- Further Reading.- Appendix 8.1 The Number of Electrons Having Energy EF Striking the Surface of a Metal from the Inside.- 9 Electrodics: More Fundamentals.- 9.1 Multistep Reactions.- Further Reading.- 9.2 The Transient Behavior of Interfaces.- Further Reading.- 9.3 Transport in the Electrolyte Effects Charge Transfer at the Interface.- Further Reading.- 9.4 Determining the Stepwise Mechanism of an Electrodic Reaction.- Further Reading.- 9.5 More on Mechanism Determination.- Further Reading.- 9.6 Current-Potential Laws forElectrochemical Systems.- Further Reading.- 9.7 The Grand Divide.- 10 Electrodic Reactions of Special Interest.- 10.1 Electrocatalysis.- Further Reading.- 10.2 The Electrogrowth of Metals on Electrodes.- Further Reading.- 10.3 The Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction.- Further Reading.- 10.4 The Electronation of Oxygen.- Further Reading.- 11 Some Electrochemical Systems of Technological Interest.- 11.1 Technological Aspects of Electrochemistry.- 11.2 Corrosion and the Stability of Metals.- Further Reading.- 11.3 Electrochemical Energy Conversion.- Further Reading.- 11.4 Electricity Storage.- Further Reading.