Electrochemical Science for a Sustainable Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. An Electrochemical Life

   • John O’M. Bockris

   Pages 1-21

3. Electrocatalysis for the Hydrogen Economy

   • Ioannis Katsounaros, Marc T. M. Koper

   Pages 23-50

4. Fuel Cells: An Overview with Emphasis on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

   • Masahiro Watanabe, Donald A. Tryk

   Pages 51-94

5. On the Theory of Electrocatalysis

   • Wolfgang Schmickler

   Pages 95-111

6. Kinetics at Single Crystal Electrodes

   • Enrique Herrero, Juan M. Feliu

   Pages 113-146

7. Novel In Situ Techniques

   • Takuya Masuda, Kohei Uosaki

   Pages 147-174

8. Large-Scale Batteries for Green Energy Society

   • Kiyoshi Kanamura

   Pages 175-195

9. Sodium-Ion Secondary Batteries Using Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes

   • Rika Hagiwara

   Pages 197-208

10. Passivity of Iron—A Review

    • R. Winston Revie

    Pages 209-221

11. Solar Fuels

    • S. P. S. Badwal, A. P. Kulkarni, H. Ju, S. Giddey

    Pages 223-259

This book honors Professor. John O’M. Bockris, presenting authoritative reviews on some of the subjects to which he made significant contributions – i.e., electrocatalysis, fuel cells, electrochemical theory, electrochemistry of single crystals, in situ techniques, rechargeable batteries, passivity, and solar-fuels – and revealing the roles of electrochemical science and technology in achieving a sustainable society. 


Electrochemistry has long been an object of study and is now growing in importance, not only because of its fundamental scientific interest but also because of the central role it is expected to play in a future sustainable society. Professor John O’M. Bockris contributed greatly to various aspects of fundamental and applied electrochemistry – such as the structure of the double layer, kinetics and mechanism of the electrochemistry of hydrogen and oxygen, electrocatalysis, adsorption and electrochemical oxidation of small organic molecules, fuel cells, electrocrystallization, theoretical electrochemistry, new methods, photoelectrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, corrosion and passivity, hydrogen in metals, ionic solutions and ionic liquids, and molten silicates and glasses, as well as socio-economic issues such as the hydrogen economy – for over half a century from 1945 until his retirement in 1997.

• Bioelectrochemistry
• Corrosion
• Electrocatalysis
• Electrochemistry for sustainability
• Fuel cell electrochemistry
• Hydrogen electrochemistry
• Solar fuel
• Theoretical electrochemistry
• kinetics of electrochemistry

“This book has been published under the editorship of Kohei Uosaki, and it is a celebration of the life achievements of J. O’M. Bockris in electrochemistry. … this book can be recommended, especially to PhD students, who want to get an introduction to the role which electrochemistry can, must, and will play for a sustainable society.” (Fritz Scholz, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Vol. 22, 2018)

• National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

  Kohei Uosaki

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