electrochemistry at metal and semiconductor electrodes

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1、PREFACEElectrochemistryatElectrodesisconcernedwiththestructureofelectricaldoublelayersandthecharacteristicofchargetransferreactionsacrosstheelectrode/electrol}^interface.Thepurposeofthistextistointegratemodemelectrochemistrywithsemiconductorphysics;thisapproachprovidesa

2、quantitativebasisforunderstandingelectrochemistryatmetalandsemiconductorelectrodes.Electronsandionsaretheprincipalparticlesthatplaythemainroleinelectrochemistry.Thistext,hence,emphasizestheenergylevelconceptsofelectronsandionsratherthanthephenomenologicalthermodynamican

3、dkineticconceptsonwhichmostoftheclassicalelectrochemistrytextsarebased.ThisrationaUzationofthephenomenologicalconceptsintermsofthephysicsofsemiconductorsshouldenablereaderstodevelopmoreatomisticandquantitativeinsightsintoprocessesthatoccuratelectrodes.Thisbookincorporat

4、esintomanytraditionaldisciphnesofscienceandengineeringsuchasinterfacialchemistry,biochemistry,enzymechemistry,membranechemistry,metallurgy,modificationofsoUdinterfaces,andmaterialscorrosion.Thistextisintendedtoserveasanintroductionforthestudyofadvancedelectrochemistryat

5、electrodesandisaimedtowardsgraduatesandseniorundergraduatesstudyingmaterialsandinterfacialchemistryorthosebeginningresearchworkinthefieldofelectrochemistry.Chapter1introducesaconceptofenergylevelsofparticlesinphysicochemicalensembles.ElectronsareFermiparticleswhoseenerg

6、ylevelsaregivenbytheFermilevels,whileionsareBoltzmxinnparticleswhoseenergyisdistributedinanexponentialBoltzmannfunction.InChapter2theenergylevelsofelectronsinsolidmetals,solidsemiconductors,andaqueoussolutionsarediscussed.Electronsinmetalsareindelocalizedenergybandsele

7、ctronsinsemiconductorsareindelocahzedenergybandsaswellasinlocaUzedlevels;andredoxelectronsassociatedwithredoxparticlesinaqueoussolutionsareinlocalizedlevelswhicharesplitintooccupied(reductant)andvacant(oxidant)electronlevelsduetotheFranck-Condonprinciple.Chapter3introdu

8、cestheenergylevelsofionsingas,liquid,andsolidphases.Inaqueoussolution,theacidicandbasicprotonlevelsinwatermole