Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry

1 Analysis of the Capacitance of the Metal- Solution Interface: Role of the Metal and the Metal-Solvent Coupling.- I. Introduction.- II. General Aspects.- III. Electronic Properties of the Metal Surface.- IV. Metal-Adsorbate Interactions.- V. General Structure of Recent Models for the Capacitance.- VI. Models with Fixed Metal-Solvent Distance.- VII. Models with Variable Metal-Solvent Distance.- VIII. A Semiempirical Approach.- IX. Conclusion.- Appendix. Evaluation of Uvdw.- References.- 2 Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Oxygenated Aliphatic Organic Compounds at Noble Metal Electrodes.- I. Introduction.- II. Experimental Methods.- III. Selected Examples.- IV. Outlook for the Oxidation of Small Organic Molecules at Catalytic Electrodes.- References.- 3 Surface States on Semiconductors.- I. Introduction.- II. Models of the Potential Distribution at the Surface.- III. Surface States at the Semiconductor/Vacuum Interface.- IV. Surface States and Electrochemical Behavior in the Dark.- V. Photocurrents at Semiconductor Electrodes.- VI. Fermi Level Pinning in Electrochemistry.- VII. The Characterization of Surface States.- VIII. Conclusions.- References.- 4 Electrodeposition of Nickel-Iron Alloys.- I. Introduction.- II. Phenomenology of Ni-Fe Alloy Electrodeposition.- III. The Effect of the Electrodeposition Conditions on the Composition of Ni-Fe Alloys.- IV. The Effect of a Periodically Changing Rate on the Electrodeposition of Nickel-Iron Alloys.- V. The Properties of the Electrodeposited Ni-Fe Alloys.- VI. Electrochemical Behavior of Electrodeposited Ni-Fe Alloys.- VII. Conclusions.- References.- 5 Microelectrode Techniques in Electrochemistry.- I. Introduction.- II. Fundamentals.- III. Applications.- IV. Conclusion.- References.- Cumulative Author Index.- Cumulative Title Index.