electrochemical reaction

Introduction
General principles
History
The electrochemical process
- Sites of electrochemical reactions
- Types of electrochemical reactions
  - Simple redox reactions
  - Reactions that produce gases
  - Reactions that deposit and dissolve metals
  - Oxidation and reduction of organic compounds
- Mechanism of charge transfer
Complex electrochemical reactions
- Experimental studies
- Types of complex reactions
  - Electrocatalysis
  - Electrocrystallization
  - Organic electrode reactions
  - Multielectrode systems
Applications
- Metallurgy
- Electroplating
- Chemical industry
- Batteries
- Fuel cells
- Analytical chemistry
- Biological research
Calculations
- The Nernst equation
- The Butler-Volmer equation
- Difficulties in transport of reaction species

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electrochemical reaction, any process either caused or accompanied by the passage of an electric current and involving in most cases the transfer of electrons between two substances—one a solid and the other a liquid. Under ordinary conditions, the occurrence of a chemical reaction is accompanied by the liberation or absorption of heat and not of any other form of energy; but there are many chemical reactions that—when allowed to proceed in contact with two electronic...