Electrochemistry in Research and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. General Introduction I

   1. General Introduction I

      • A. A. Vlček

      Pages 1-2

3. General Introduction II

   1. General Introduction II

      • L. Gierst

      Pages 3-5

4. Introductory Talks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. What is Electrochemistry ?

      • R. Parsons

      Pages 9-13

   3. What Can Electrochemistry do ?

      • A. R. Despić

      Pages 15-28

   4. Electrochemistry as Transfer Agent to Technology

      • N. Hackerman

      Pages 29-31

5. Electrochemistry and Energy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Solar Energy Conversion through Photoelectrochemistry

      • A. J. Bard

      Pages 35-48

   3. Discussion

      • Mary D. Archer

      Pages 49-51

   4. Electrochemistry and Energy, Energy Conversion and Storage

      • K. Wiesener

      Pages 53-54

   5. Electrochemical Systems in Energy Conversion and Storage

      • V. S. Bagotsky

      Pages 55-68

   6. Discussion

      • K. Wiesener

      Pages 69-71

   7. Hydrogen as an Energy Vector in the 21st Century

      • R. M. Dell

      Pages 73-93

   8. Discussion

      • G. Hills

      Pages 94-100

6. Electrochemistry and the Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Analysis and Removal of Pollutants

      • R. Kalvoda

      Pages 103-115

   3. Discussion

      • A. A. Orio

      Pages 116-120

   4. Applications and Potentialities of Voltammetry in Environmental Chemistry of Ecotoxic Metals

      • H. W. Nürnberg

      Pages 121-149

   5. Electrochemistry in Drug and Food Control

      • J. Volke

      Pages 151-161

This volume contains the papers presented at the UNESCO Scientific Forum on Chemistry in the Service of Mankind - Electrochemistry in Research and Development, held in Paris, June 4-6, 1984. Electrochemistry is concerned with the way electricity produces chemical changes and in turn chemical changes result in the production of electricity. This interaction forms the basis for an enormous variety of processes ranging from heavy industry through batteries to biological phenomena. Although there are many established applications, modern research has led to a great expansion in the possibilities for using electrochemistry in exciting future developments. To encourage this progress, UNESCO has set up an Expert Committee on Electrochemistry and its Applications in the European and North American region, which has already held a number of meetings devoted to specific topics. To achieve a synthesis of the main directions of development and to demonstrate the importance of these for the needs of our modern society, the Expert Committee organized a Forum on Electrochemistry in Research and Development. The object of this was to assess the future trends in research and development and to establish a dialogue between experts in electrochemistry and their colleagues in the many other disciplines which can make use of electrochemistry. The Forum was also intended to present electrochemistry and its applications in a form accessible to non-specialists so that science policy-makers will be aware of the potentialities of this subject for the future needs of mankind.

• ITIES
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• electrochemistry

• J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Prague, Czechoslovakia

  R. Kalvoda

• The University of Southampton, Southampton, England

  Roger Parsons

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