Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Properties of Solid Electrode Surfaces

1. Front Matter

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2. Surface Thermodynamics of Solid Electrode

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   Pages 1-37

3. Methods for Investigating Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Properties of Solid Electrode Surfaces

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   Pages 39-66

4. Potential- or Adsorbate-Induced Changes in Surface Stress of Solid Metal Electrode, and Surface Stress versus Surface Charge Density or Potential versus Surface Elastic Strain

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   Pages 67-101

5. Changes in Surface Stress Associated with Underpotential Deposition and Surface Alloying

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   Pages 103-137

6. Controversy of Thermodynamics Associated with Surface Stress and Surface Tension of Solid Electrode

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   Pages 139-147

7. Stresses of Anodic Oxide Films Grown on Metal Electrode

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   Pages 149-177

8. Nano-Mechanical Properties of Solid Surfaces Obtained by Nano-Indentation

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   Pages 179-211

This book deals with the electro-chemo-mechanical properties characteristic of and unique to solid electrode surfaces, covering interfacial electrochemistry and surface science.
 
Electrochemical reactions such as electro-sorption, electro-deposition or film growth on a solid electrode induce changes in surface stress or film stress that lead to transformation of the surface phase or alteration of the surface film. The properties of solid electrode surfaces associated with the correlation between electrochemical and mechanical phenomena are named “electro-chemo-mechanical properties”. 
 
The book first derives the surface thermodynamics of solid electrodes as fundamentals for understanding the electro-chemo-mechanical properties. It also explains the powerful techniques for investigating the electro-chemo-mechanical properties, and reviews the arguments for derivation of surface thermodynamics of solid electrodes. Further, based on current experimental findings and theories, it discusses the importance of the contribution of surface stress to the transformation of surface phases, such as surface reconstruction and underpotential deposition in addition to the stress evolution during film growth and film reduction. Moreover, the book describes the nano-mechanical properties of solid surfaces measured by nano-indentation in relation to the electro-chemo-mechanical properties.
 
This book makes a significant contribution to the further development of numerous fields, including electrocatalysis, materials science and corrosion science.

• Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Properties
• Surface Thermodynamics of Solid Electrode
• Surface Stress and Surface Tension
• Underpotential Deposition and Surface Alloying
• Mechanical Properties of Thin Film

• Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  Masahiro Seo

Masahiro Seo was born in 1943 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan and received Ph. D. in Applied Chemistry from Hokkaido University in 1971. His major research fields are interfacial electrochemistry and corrosion science. He was Professor at Hokkaido University from 1990 and became Emeritus Professor in 2006. 

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