| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Lefrou, Christine | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Fabry, Pierre | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Poignet, Jean-Claude | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-20T04:06:38Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-20T04:06:38Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-642-30250- 3 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/99 | - |
| dc.description | Electrochemistry is a branch of science that focuses essentially on the interfaces
between materials. Therefore it is also a science that lies at the interface between other
scientific disciplines, namely physics and chemistry. These two disciplines use specific
concepts as well as specialised vocabulary which can sometimes be confused. Today,
with the fast-growing spread of new technologies, specialists from various sectors are
finding themselves increasingly drawn together to collaborate on research and devel-
opment projects, including synthesizing and elaborating materials as well as in areas
such as analysis, the environment and renewable energies. As a consequence, certain
notions need to be clarified to ensure that the interested reader is able to understand,
whatever his or her core education.
Electrochemistry is taught as part of many scientific courses, from basic lessons in
physical chemistry to science for engineers. However, for a long time it was hard to find
books focused exclusively on electrochemistry and its specific concepts, especially in
France. Over the last few decades several textbooks have been published on electro-
chemistry, each of these presenting different yet equally valid approaches. Without
calling into question the overall quality and originality of these texts, there are none-
theless several points in each case which have remained obscure, or even sunk into
oblivion. This could be explained by the ever pressing need to respond to the demands
of the fast-growing field of technology. Whatever the case, it has had serious conse-
quences, namely potentially preventing the scientist from gaining a full understanding
of the subject, and moreover leading to approximations or even errors.
This book owes a lot to the method developed by Christine L EFROU on the university
course that she gives to engineering students at the Grenoble Institute of Technology. It
presents several novel developments as well as helping to bring the reader to a more
profound understanding of the fundamental concepts involved in the different phe-
nomena that occur in an electrochemical cell. Rather than focusing on an in-depth study
of electrode mechanisms (other books give a detailed account of this subject), this book
develops in particular the movement of species in complete electrochemical systems. It
is divided into four chapters, giving a progressive approach | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The emerging constraints related to energy production, which are already shaking our
economies, will undoubtedly increase. Our societies will not only have to produce the
tens of terawatts of energy they require while resorting less and less to fossil fuels (a fact
that implies that electrical energy will dominate), but will also need to find adequate
ways to use and store the transient electrons thus produced. These are considerable
challenges that our present world is not ready to fulfill with its current technologies.
New technologies will have to be envisioned for the efficient management of the
considerable fluxes required, and to this end, Electrochemistry seems to provide some of
the most promising and versatile approaches. Electrochemistry will be involved in solar
cells, electrolytic cells for the production of hydrogen through water electrolysis or the
reductive recycling of carbon dioxide, supercapacitors and batteries for the storage of
electricity produced intermittently by solar cells and windmills, as well as in the use of
electrons as chemical reagents, and so on. This is a vast program that will require the
dedicated and skilled competence of thousands of researchers and engineers, which is
in stark contrast with the present status of electrochemistry in many industrial countries,
where its main focus is the never-ending fight against corrosion or improvement lead
car batteries. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
| dc.subject | Electrochemistry | en_US |
| dc.subject | chemistry | en_US |
| dc.title | Electrochemistry | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | The Basics, With Examples | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | ARTS & SCIENCE
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