本书旨在提高高等学校学生熟练运用英语获取电化学方面的科研信息、提高学生撰写英文文章和进行科技交流的能力，帮助相关人员加深对电化学领域的基本概念的理解和应用，促进本学科的更好发展。

全书内容主要可分为三个部分。第一部分介绍了电化学中的基本概念和基本原理；第二部分介绍了常用的电化学方法；第三部分介绍了电化学方法在一些领域中的应用。本书充分考虑了专业英语阅读的特点，注重专业术语使用的准确性，适合电化学学科的专业水平培养。

本书介绍了电化学中常用的一些基本概念、基本原理及常用的研究地，如循环伏安法、交流阻抗法、极谱法和脉冲伏安法，并介绍了电化学在腐蚀防护和生物电化学中的应用。

本书可作为电化学专业的本科生教材，也可供从事电化学科学研究的科研工作者和技术人员参考。

1 Introduction

 1.1 The Scope of Electrochemistry

 1.2 The Nature ofElectrode Reactions

 1.3 Thermodynamics and Kinetics

 1.4 Methods for Studying Electrode Reactions

 1.5 Applications of Eleetroeheraistry

2 Introduction to the Fundamental Concepts of Electrochemistry

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Electrochemical Cells and Reactions

 2.3 Electron Transfer

 2.4 Mass Transport

 2.5 The Interaction d Electron Transfer and Mass Transport

 2.6 Coupled Chemical Reactions

 2.7 Adsorption

 2.8 Phase Formation

3 Kinetics of Electrode Reactions

 3.1 Intnxluefon

 3.2 Essentials of Electrode Reactions

 3.3 Bufle-Volmer Model of Electrode Kinetics

 3.4 Implications of the Butler-Volmer Model for the One-step, One-electron Process

 3.5 Multistep Mechanisms

4 The Electrical Double Layer

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 The Thermodynamics of Charged Interfaces

 4.3 The Statute d the Electrical Double Layer

 4.4 The Adsorption Isotherm

 4.5 The Effect of Doubly Layer Structure on Electrode Kinetics

 4.6 Experimental Methods

5 Electrodamical Experiments

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Electro& Materials

 5.3 The Working Electrode: Preparation and Cleaning

 5.4 The CeU: Measurements at Equilibrium

 5.5 The Cell: Measurements away from Equilihrium

 5.6 Calibration of Electrodes and Cells

 5.7 Insmanentation: General

 5.8 Analgue Instrumentation

6 Potential Sweep Techniques and Cyclic Voltammetry

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Reversible Reactions

 6.3 Irreversible Systems

 6.4 Coupled Homogeneous Reactions

 6.5 mnstrations of the Use of Cyclic Vohammetry for the Study of Coupled Chemical Reactions

 6.6 Surface Processes

 6.7 More Recent Developments

7 Polarography and Pulse Voltammetry

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Behavior at Polarographic Eleetredes

 7.3 Pulse Voltammetry

8 Alternating Current Techniques

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 A.C. Theory

 8.3 Measuring the Impedance of an Electrochemical Cell

 8.4 Applications of Impedance Analysis

9 Corrosion

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Fundamentals

 9.3 Types of Metallic Corrosion

 9.4 Electrochemical Methods of Avoiding Conrrsion

10 Bioelectrochemistry

 10.1 Introduction

 10.2 The Electrochemical Interfaeo between Biomoleeules

 10.3 Nerve Impulse and Cardiovascular Electrochemistry

 10.4 Oxidative Phesphorvlafion

 10.5 Bioenergetics

 10.6 Bioeleetrocatalysis

 10.7 Bioelectroanalysis

 10.8 Future Perspectives

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