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Preface
Over the years, numerous books and review articles on electrochemistry have been written because of its applicability linked to the sustainability of society.
This book addresses some essential topics in the science of energy converting devices emphasizing recent aspects of nanodivided materials in the application for the protection of the environment, storage, and energy conversion under the title of fundamental of electrocatalysts materials and interfacial characterization. The aim was therefore to provide the basic background knowledge. The electron transfer process and structure of the electric double layer and the interaction of species with surfaces (Chapter I) and the interaction, reinforced by DFT theory for the current and incoming generation of fuel cell scientists to study the interaction of the catalytic centers with their supports (Chapter II). The chief focus in the following chapters is on materials based on precious and non-precious centers for the hydrogen electrode (Chapter III), the oxygen electrode (Chapter IV), energy storage (Chapter V), and in remediation applications (Chapter VI), where the common issue is the rate-determining step in multi-electron charge transfer processes in electrocatalysis. These approaches are used in a large extent in science and technology, so that each Chapter demonstrates the connection of electrochemistry, in addition to chemistry, with different areas, namely, surface science, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and chemical physics.
A short list of books giving account of the fundamental progress from an academic (experimentally and theoretically) and practical point of view is given at the end of the book to complement it.
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C. A. Campos Roldán
R. Gpe. González Huerta
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