1;Preface of the Editor;6 2;Preface of the Author;8 3;Acknowledgements;10 4;Contents;12 5;Chapter 1: Introduction;14 5.1;References;15 6;Chapter 2: Fundamentals;16 6.1;2.1 Reasons to Reconsider Thermoelectrochemistry;16 6.2;2.2 Isothermal and Non-isothermal Cells;16 6.3;2.3 Thermodynamics;18 6.3.1;2.3.1 Voltage and Potential in Non-isothermal Cells;18 6.3.2;2.3.2 Heat and Entropy Flow in Open Non-isothermal Cells;19 6.3.3;2.3.3 Entropy Flow with Charge Transfer: The Electrochemical Peltier Effect;21 6.4;2.4 Properties of the Interface Electrode/Solution;22 6.5;2.5 Properties of Solvent and of Ions in Solution;28 6.6;2.6 Kinetics and Transport Processes;30 6.7;References;33 7;Chapter 3: History of Modern Thermoelectrochemistry;35 7.1;3.1 Classical Thermoelectrochemistry in Isothermal Open Cells and Half-Cells;35 7.2;3.2 High-Temperature Electrochemistry: Electrochemistry in Subcritical and Supercritical Fluids;44 7.2.1;3.2.1 Open High-Temperature Cells;45 7.2.2;3.2.2 Autoclave Cells;46 7.2.3;3.2.3 Electrochemistry in Supercritical Fluids;49 7.3;3.3 Sonoelectrochemistry;51 7.4;3.4 Electrochemical Calorimetry;52 7.5;3.5 Miscellaneous;55 7.6;References;55 8;Chapter 4: Modern Thermoelectrochemistry;64 8.1;4.1 Objectives;64 8.2;4.2 Heated Electrodes;65 8.2.1;4.2.1 Techniques of Heating;65 8.2.1.1;4.2.1.1 Heating of Solution Fractions;66 8.2.1.2;4.2.1.2 Heating of the Electrode Body;72 8.2.1.2.1;Heating by Laser or by Focused Tungsten Light;72 8.2.1.2.2;Indirect Electric Heating;76 8.2.1.2.3;Direct Electric Heating: ``Hot-Wire Electrochemistry´´ and ``Hot-Layer Electrochemistry´´;77 8.2.1.2.4;Inductive Heating;80 8.3;References;80 9;Chapter 5: Dynamic Processes in Cells with Heated Electrode-Solution Interfaces;84 9.1;5.1 Temperature Profile and Concentration Profiles;85 9.2;5.2 Thermal Convection and Streaming Phenomena;89 9.3;5.3 The Complex Layer Structure at a Heated Thin Cylinder Electrode and Consequences for Voltammetry;94 9.4;References;97 10;Chapter 6: Working with Electrically Heated Electrodes;98 10.1;6.1 Heated Wires (Hot-Wire Electrochemistry);98 10.1.1;6.1.1 Heated Microwires and Their Virtual ``Absurd´´ Characteristics;99 10.1.2;6.1.2 Design of Experiments;100 10.1.2.1;6.1.2.1 Electrodes and Cells;100 10.1.2.2;6.1.2.2 Electronics;104 10.1.2.3;6.1.2.3 Temperature Determination of Heated Wire Electrodes;107 10.2;6.2 Heated Macrostructures;110 10.3;6.3 New Thermoelectrochemical Methods;110 10.3.1;6.3.1 Methods with Continuous Electrode Heating;110 10.3.2;6.3.2 Methods with Pulsed Heating;112 10.3.2.1;6.3.2.1 Temperature-Pulse Voltammetry (TPV);112 10.3.2.2;6.3.2.2 Temperature-Pulse Potentiometry (TPP);118 10.3.2.3;6.3.2.3 Temperature-Pulse Amperometry (TPA);119 10.4;6.4 Application Examples with Permanent Heating;119 10.4.1;6.4.1 Analytical Determinations;119 10.4.1.1;6.4.1.1 Volatile or Unstable Constituents;120 10.4.1.2;6.4.1.2 Stripping Analysis;120 10.4.2;6.4.2 Analysis of Bioactive Compounds and Development of Biosensors;121 10.4.2.1;6.4.2.1 Adsorptive Accumulation;121 10.4.2.2;6.4.2.2 DNA Determination and Hybridisation Analysis;121 10.4.2.3;6.4.2.3 Enzyme Sensors;122 10.4.3;6.4.3 Detectors for Flow Stream and Electrophoresis;123 10.4.4;6.4.4 Electrochemiluminescence;123 10.5;6.5 Application Examples with Pulsed Heating;125 10.5.1;6.5.1 Switched Passive Layers [75];126 10.5.2;6.5.2 Heated Modified Electrodes [76];127 10.5.3;6.5.3 Electropolymerisation [77];128 10.6;References;128 11;Appendix A: A Calculation Procedure for Temperature Profiles at Heated Wire Electrodes;131 11.1;Reference;135 12;Appendix B: A Home-Built Device for Temperature-Pulse Voltammetry;137 12.1;The Analog Part;139 12.2;The ``Lower-Level´´ Program;140 12.3;The ``Higher-Level´´ Program;142 12.4;References;145 13;About the Author;147 14;About the Editor;149 15;Index;150