Nanoscale Electrochemistry focuses on challenges and advances in electrochemical nanoscience at solid–liquid interfaces, highlighting the most prominent developments of the last decade. Nanotechnology has had a tremendous effect on the multidisciplinary field of electrochemistry, yielding new fundamental insights that have broadened our understanding of interfacial processes and stimulating new and diverse applications.
The book begins with a tutorial chapter to introduce the principles of nanoscale electrochemical systems and emphasize their unique behavior compared with their macro/microscopic counterparts. Building on this, the following three chapters present analytical applications, such as sensing and electrochemical imaging, that are familiar to the traditional electrochemist but whose extension to the nanoscale is nontrivial and reveals new chemical information. The subsequent three chapters present exciting new electrochemical methodologies that are specific to the nanoscale,
including "single entity"-based methods and surface-enhanced electrochemical spectroscopy. These techniques, now sufficiently mature for exposition, have paved the way for major developments in our understanding of solid–liquid interfaces and continue to push electrochemical analysis toward atomic-length scales. The final three chapters address the rich overlap between electrochemistry and nanomaterials science, highlighting notable applications in energy conversion and storage.
This is an important reference for both academic and industrial researchers who are seeking to learn more about how nanoscale electrochemistry has developed in recent years.
1. 4.1 Introduction - p. 130 2. 4.2 Principles of SECM operation - p. 130 3. 4.3 Tips and instrumentation for nanoscale SECM - p. 133 4. 4.4 NanoSECM of 2D samples - p. 152 5. 4.5 SECM of 3D nanostructures - p. 160 6. 4.6 Experiments with nanopipette-based SECM probes - p. 173 7. 4.7 NanoSECM of biological cells - p. 183 8. 4.8 Conclusions and outlook - p. 193 9. Acknowledgments - p. 193 10. References - p. 193 11. Chapter 5: Nanoparticle impact electrochemistry - p. 203 12. Chapter 6: Single-molecule electrochemistry - p. 253 13. Chapter 7: Understanding electrochemical interfaces using in situ core–shell nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy - p. 295 14. Chapter 8: Electrocatalysis using nanomaterials - p. 343 15. Abstract - p. 343 16. 8.1 Introduction - p. 343 17. 8.2 Principles of nanoelectrocatalysis - p. 344 18. 8.3 Prominent electrocatalytic systems - p. 361 19. 8.4 Conclusions and outlook - p. 406 20. Acknowledgments - p. 407 21. References - p. 407 22. Chapter 9: Nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage - p. 421 23. Abstract - p. 421 24. 9.1 Introduction - p. 421 25. 9.2 Experimental electrochemical techniques for nanostructured electrochemical energy storage materials - p. 422 26. 9.3 Synthetic methods for nanostructured electrochemical energy storage materials - p. 425 27. 9.4 Nanostructured carbon materials - p. 431 28. 9.5 Nanostructured metal oxides - p. 443 29. 9.6 Nanostructured metal sulfides - p. 454 30. 9.7 Nanostructured metals and alloys - p. 465 31. 9.8 Conclusion - p. 471 32. References - p. 471 33. Chapter 10: Electrochemistry of 2D nanomaterials - p. 485 34. Table of abbreviations - p. 537 35. Table of symbols - p. 545 36. Index - p. 548
Nanoscale Electrochemistry focuses on challenges and advances in electrochemical nanoscience at solid–liquid interfaces, highlighting the most prominent developments of the last decade. Nanotechnology has had a tremendous effect on the multidisciplinary field of electrochemistry, yielding new fundamental insights that have broadened our understanding of interfacial processes and stimulating new and diverse applications.
The book begins with a tutorial chapter to introduce the principles of nanoscale electrochemical systems and emphasize their unique behavior compared with their macro/microscopic counterparts. Building on this, the following three chapters present analytical applications, such as sensing and electrochemical imaging, that are familiar to the traditional electrochemist but whose extension to the nanoscale is nontrivial and reveals new chemical information. The subsequent three chapters present exciting new electrochemical methodologies that are specific to the nanoscale,
including "single entity"-based methods and surface-enhanced electrochemical spectroscopy. These techniques, now sufficiently mature for exposition, have paved the way for major developments in our understanding of solid–liquid interfaces and continue to push electrochemical analysis toward atomic-length scales. The final three chapters address the rich overlap between electrochemistry and nanomaterials science, highlighting notable applications in energy conversion and storage.
This is an important reference for both academic and industrial researchers who are seeking to learn more about how nanoscale electrochemistry has developed in recent years.
1. 4.1 Introduction - p. 130 2. 4.2 Principles of SECM operation - p. 130 3. 4.3 Tips and instrumentation for nanoscale SECM - p. 133 4. 4.4 NanoSECM of 2D samples - p. 152 5. 4.5 SECM of 3D nanostructures - p. 160 6. 4.6 Experiments with nanopipette-based SECM probes - p. 173 7. 4.7 NanoSECM of biological cells - p. 183 8. 4.8 Conclusions and outlook - p. 193 9. Acknowledgments - p. 193 10. References - p. 193 11. Chapter 5: Nanoparticle impact electrochemistry - p. 203 12. Chapter 6: Single-molecule electrochemistry - p. 253 13. Chapter 7: Understanding electrochemical interfaces using in situ core–shell nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy - p. 295 14. Chapter 8: Electrocatalysis using nanomaterials - p. 343 15. Abstract - p. 343 16. 8.1 Introduction - p. 343 17. 8.2 Principles of nanoelectrocatalysis - p. 344 18. 8.3 Prominent electrocatalytic systems - p. 361 19. 8.4 Conclusions and outlook - p. 406 20. Acknowledgments - p. 407 21. References - p. 407 22. Chapter 9: Nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage - p. 421 23. Abstract - p. 421 24. 9.1 Introduction - p. 421 25. 9.2 Experimental electrochemical techniques for nanostructured electrochemical energy storage materials - p. 422 26. 9.3 Synthetic methods for nanostructured electrochemical energy storage materials - p. 425 27. 9.4 Nanostructured carbon materials - p. 431 28. 9.5 Nanostructured metal oxides - p. 443 29. 9.6 Nanostructured metal sulfides - p. 454 30. 9.7 Nanostructured metals and alloys - p. 465 31. 9.8 Conclusion - p. 471 32. References - p. 471 33. Chapter 10: Electrochemistry of 2D nanomaterials - p. 485 34. Table of abbreviations - p. 537 35. Table of symbols - p. 545 36. Index - p. 548
