Electrochemistry is an old branch of physical chemistry. Due to the development of surface sensitive techniques, and a technological interest in fuel cells and batteries, it has recently undergone a rapid development. This textbook treats the field from a modern, atomistic point of view while integrating the older, macroscopic concepts. The increasing role of theory is reflected in the presentation of the basic ideas in a way that should appeal to experimentalists and theorists alike. Special care is taken to make the subject comprehensible to scientists from neighboring disciplines, especially from surface science. The book is suitable for an advanced course at the master or Ph.D. level, but should also be useful for practicing electrochemists, as well as to any scientists who wants to understand modern electrochemistry.

Metal and semiconductor electrodes

Electrolyte solutions
A few basic concepts
The metal-solution interface
Adsorption on metal electrodes: principles
Adsorption on metal electrodes: examples
Thermodynamics of ideal polarizable interfaces
Phenomenological treatment of electron-transfer reactions
Theoretical considerations of electron-transfer reactions
The semiconductor-electrolyte interface
Selected experimental results for electron-transfer reactions
Inner sphere and ion-transfer reactions
Hydrogen reaction and electrocatalysis
Metal deposition and dissolution
Electrochemical surface processes
Complex reactions
Liquid?liquid interfaces
Experimental techniques for electrode kinetics - non-stationary methods
Convection techniques.