With this volume, Ezequiel P. M. Leiva and co-authors fill a gap in the available literature, by providing a much-needed, comprehensive review of the relevant literature for electrochemists, materials scientists and energy researchers. For the first time, they present applications of underpotential deposition (UPD) on the nanoscale, such as nanoparticles and nanocavities, as well as for electrocatalysis. They also discuss real surface determinations and layer-by-layer growth of ultrathin films, as well as the very latest modeling approaches to UPD based on nanothermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo simulations.
Author(s): Oscar Alejandro Oviedo, Luis Reinaudi, Silvana Graciela García, Ezequiel Pedro Marcos Leiva (auth.)
Series: Monographs in Electrochemistry
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: XII, 361
Tags: Electrochemistry; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films; Energy Storage; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Experimental Techniques and Structure of the Underpotential Deposition Phase....Pages 17-89
Phenomenology and Thermodynamics of Underpotential Deposition....Pages 91-161
Applications of Underpotential Deposition on Bulk Electrodes as a Model System for Electrocatalysis....Pages 163-197
Modelling of Underpotential Deposition on Bulk Electrodes....Pages 199-276
Underpotential Deposition and Related Phenomena at the Nanoscale: Theory and Applications....Pages 277-334
What Is Coming Next?....Pages 335-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-361
