1;Preface to the Second Edition;7 2;Preface to the First Edition;8 3;Contents;9 4;Contributors;14 5;Index of Symbols and their SI Dimensions;15 5.1;I. Roman Symbols;15 5.2;II. Greek Symbols;20 6;Part I Basic Electrochemistry;22 7;I.1 The Electrical Double Layer and Its Structure;23 7.1;1.1 Introduction;23 7.2;1.2 Double-Layer Models;25 7.3;1.3 Thickness of the Electric Double Layer;27 7.4;1.4 Recent Developments;28 7.5;References;28 8;I.2 Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Reactions;30 8.1;2.1 Introduction;30 8.2;2.2 The Standard Potential;30 8.3;2.3 The Formal Potential;38 8.4;2.4 Characteristic Potentials of Electroanalytical Techniques;41 8.4.1;I.2.4.1 Direct Current Polarography (Employing a Dropping-Mercury Electrode);41 8.4.1.1;I.2.4.1.1 The Half-Wave Potential E1/2;41 8.4.1.2;I.2.4.1.2 Influence of Diffusion;41 8.4.1.3;I.2.4.1.3 Influence by Amalgamation;42 8.4.1.4;I.2.4.1.4 Influence by Solution Equilibria;42 8.4.1.5;I.2.4.1.5 Influence by Irreversibility of the Electrode System;44 8.4.2;I.2.4.2 Cyclic Voltammetry;44 8.4.2.1;I.2.4.2.1 The Peak Potentials;44 8.4.3;I.2.4.3 Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV), Alternating Current Voltammetry (ACV), and Square-Wave Voltammetry (SWV);45 8.5;2.5 Thermodynamics of the Transfer of Ions Between Two Phases;46 8.6;2.6 Thermodynamic Data Derived from Standard and Formal Potentials;48 8.6.1;I.2.6.1 Data Derived from Standard Potentials;49 8.6.2;I.2.6.2 Data Derived from Formal Potentials;50 8.7;References;50 9;I.3 Kinetics of Electrochemical Reactions;51 9.1;3.1 Introduction;51 9.2;3.2 Relationship Between the Current Density and Potential Under Steady-State Conditions;52 9.2.1;I.3.2.1 Equilibrium;54 9.2.2;I.3.2.2 Rate Controlled by the Charge Transfer Step;55 9.2.3;I.3.2.3 Effect of Mass Transport on the Kinetics of Electrode Processes;56 9.2.3.1;I.3.2.3.1 Diffusion;56 9.2.3.2;I.3.2.3.2 Migration;60 9.2.3.3;I.3.2.3.3 Convection;61 9.2.4;I.3.2.4 Reversibility, Quasi-reversibility, and Irreversibility;62 9.2.5;I.3.2.5 Effect of the Double-Layer Structure on the Rate of the Charge Transfer Reaction;66 9.3;3.3 CurrentPotential Transients;67 9.3.1;I.3.3.1 Charging the Double Layer;67 9.3.2;I.3.3.2 Faradaic Current;69 9.4;References;71 10;Part II Electroanalytical Techniques;72 11;II.1 Cyclic Voltammetry;73 11.1;1.1 Introduction;73 11.1.1;II.1.1.1 Shape of Cyclic Voltammograms;76 11.2;1.2 Basic Principles;79 11.3;1.3 Effects Due to Capacitance and Resistance;87 11.4;1.4 Electrode Geometry, Size, and Convection Effects;90 11.5;1.5 Determination of Redox State and Number of Transferred Electrons;94 11.5.1;II.1.5.1 Chronoamperometric Test Procedure;94 11.5.2;II.1.5.2 Method Based on Cyclic Voltammetry;94 11.5.3;II.1.5.3 Methods Based on Steady-State Techniques;95 11.6;1.6 Heterogeneous Kinetics;97 11.7;1.7 Homogeneous Kinetics;103 11.7.1;II.1.7.1 The EC Process;104 11.7.2;II.1.7.2 The EC Process;107 11.7.3;II.1.7.3 The CE Process;108 11.7.4;II.1.7.4 The ECE Process;110 11.7.5;II.1.7.5 The ECE Process;113 11.7.6;II.1.7.6 Square Schemes and More Complex Reaction Schemes;113 11.8;1.8 Multi-phase Systems;114 11.9;References;118 12;II.2 Pulse Voltammetry;123 12.1;2.1 Introduction;123 12.2;2.2 Staircase Voltammetry;126 12.2.1;II.2.2.1 Equivalence of Staircase and Linear Scan Voltammetries;127 12.3;2.3 Normal Pulse Voltammetry;127 12.3.1;II.2.3.1 Influence of Adsorption;130 12.4;2.4 Reverse Pulse Voltammetry;131 12.5;2.5 Differential Pulse Voltammetry;133 12.6;References;135 13;II.3 Square-Wave Voltammetry;136 13.1;3.1 Introduction;136 13.2;3.2 Simple Reactions on Stationary Planar Electrodes;137 13.3;3.3 Simple Reactions on Stationary Spherical Electrodes and Microelectrodes;142 13.4;3.4 Reactions of Amalgam-Forming Metals on Thin Mercury Film Electrodes;143 13.5;3.5 Electrode Reactions Complicated by Adsorption of the Reactant and Product;144 13.6;3.6 Applications of Square-Wave Voltammetry;149 13.7;3.7 Appendix;150 13.8;References;158 14;II.4 Chronocoulometry;161 14.1;4.1 Introduction;1