Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry

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No. 27

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS A. R. DESPIC Center ofElectrochemistry Institute ofChemistry, Technology and Metallurgy University of Belgrade Belgrade, Yugoslavia T. Z. FAHIDY Department of Chemical Engineering University ofWaterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G 1 THOMAS F. FULLER Department of Chemical Engineering University of Califomia Berkeley, Califomia 94720 JOSE R. GALVELE Gerencia de Desarrollo Comisi6n Nacional de Energia At6mica 1429-Buenos Aires, Argentina

JOHNNEWMAN Materials Sciences Division Lawrence BerkeleyLaboratory Berkeley, California 94720 GERD SANDSTEDE Battelle Europe Battelle Institut e. V. ~86F~,Germany

K. SCOTT Department of Chemical and Process Engineering The University ofNewcastle-upon-Tyne Newcasde-upon-Tyne NEI 7RU, United Kingdom REINHOLD WURSTER Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH 0-855210ttobrunn. Germany

Z.H.GU Department of Chemical Engineering University ofWaterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G 1 V.D.JOVIC Center for Interdisciplinary Studies University ofBelgrade Belgrade, Yugoslavia

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MODERN ASPECTS OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY No. 27 Edited by

RALPH E. WHITE Department o[ Chemical Engineering University o[South Carolina Columbia. South Carolina

J. O'M. BOCKRIS Department o[ Chemistry Texas A&M University College Station. Texas

and

B.E.CONWAY Department o[ Chemistry University o[Ottawa Ottawa. Ontario. Canada

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The Library of Congress cataloged the first volume of this title as follows: Modern aspects of electrochemistry, no. [1] Washington Butterworths, 1954v. illus., 23 cm. No. 1-2 issued as Modern aspects series of chemistry. Editors: no 1- J. Bockris (with B. E. Conway, No. 3 - ) Imprint varies: no. 1, New York, Academic Press.—No. 2, London, Butterworths. 1. Electrochemistry—Collected works. I. Bockris, John O'M.ed. II. Conway, B.E. ed. (Series: Modern aspects series of chemistry) QD552.M6

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ISBN 978-1-4899-1724-9 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4899-1726-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-1724-9

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995 Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1995 Softcover reprint of the hardocver 1st edition 1995 1098765432 1 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher

Preface This volume of Modem Aspects 0/Electrochemistry includes six chapters, ranging in their focus over a wide array of disciplines-from fundamental electrochemistry, as evidenced by electrode processes, to applied electrochemistry, represented by a discussion of water electrolysis in solar hydrogen demonstration projects. In the first chapter, Kenneth Scott offers a comprehensive treatise