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Electrodeposition of nanostructured materials
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Farzad Nasirpouri
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9783319449203, 3319449206, 9783319449197, 3319449192, 9783319449197
- OCLC
- ocn960701649
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Preface; Contents; 1 An Overview of Nanostructured Materials; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction to Materials Science; 1.2 Physics of Solid State Materials; 1.2.1 Atoms and the Periodic Table of Elements; 1.2.2 Atomic Bonds and Condensed Matter; 1.2.2.1 Inert Gas (van der Waals) Solids; 1.2.2.2 Ionic Solids; 1.2.2.3 Covalent Solids; 1.2.2.4 Metallic Solids; 1.2.2.5 Crystalline and Amorphous Solids; 1.2.3 The Band Theory of Solids; 1.2.3.1 Free Electron Gas Model; 1.2.3.2 Nearly Free Electron Gas Model and Period Structures; 1.2.3.3 Electron Bands and Gaps: The Origin of Band Gap in Solids
- 1.2.3.4 Metals, Semiconductors and Insulators1.3 Thermodynamics of Materials; 1.3.1 Nucleation and Growth of Solids; 1.4 Kinetics of Materials; 1.5 Nanostructures and Bulk Nanostructured Materials; 1.5.1 Dimensionality in Nanomaterials; 1.5.2 Two-Dimensional (2D) Nanostructures; 1.5.2.1 Quantum Wells or Nanofilms: Dimensionality Effect; 1.5.3 One-Dimensional Nanostructures (Quantum Wires or Tubes); 1.5.3.1 Quantum Wires: Dimensionality Effect; 1.5.4 Zero-Dimensional Nanostructures; 1.5.4.1 Quantum Dots or Nanoparticles: Dimensionality; 1.5.5 Bulk Nanostructured Materials; References
- 2 An Overview to ElectrochemistryAbstract; 2.1 Introduction to Electrochemistry in Materials Science; 2.2 Principles of Electrochemistry; 2.3 Equilibrium Electrochemistry; 2.3.1 Ions: Formation, Thermodynamics and Interactions; 2.3.2 Electrochemical Cells; 2.4 Ion Transport; 2.4.1 Migration; 2.4.2 Diffusion of Ions; 2.5 Dynamic Electrochemistry: Processes at Electrodes; 2.5.1 The Electrode Double Layer; 2.5.2 Zeta Potential ({\varvec \zeta}) ; 2.5.3 Electrode Potentials; 2.5.4 The Rate of Charge Transfer: Electrode Kinetics and the Butler-Volmer Equation; 2.5.5 Polarisation
- 2.6 Electrochemical Instrumentation and Techniques2.6.1 Electrochemical Cell; 2.6.2 Electrochemical Tests and Techniques; References; 3 Fundamentals and Principles of Electrode-Position; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Electrolysis; 3.2.1 Electrolysis Cell; 3.2.2 Electrodeposition Cells and Reactions; 3.2.3 Electrodeposition Electrolytes; 3.2.3.1 Aqueous Electrodeposition Electrolytes; 3.2.3.2 Ionic Electrodeposition Electrolytes; 3.2.4 Electrodeposition Techniques and Classification; 3.2.5 Electrodeposition Kinetics: Potential-Current Relationship
- 3.2.5.1 Activation or Charge Transfer Controlled Electrodeposition3.2.5.2 Mass Transport or Diffusion Controlled Electrodeposition; 3.2.6 Co-electrodeposition of Various Ions; 3.2.6.1 Electrodeposition of Alloys; 3.2.6.2 Hydrogen Evolution: Mechanism and Overpotential; 3.2.6.3 Current Efficiency; 3.3 Nucleation and Growth of Electrodeposits; 3.3.1 Atomistic View; 3.3.2 Thermodynamics of Nucleation; 3.3.3 Kinetics of Electrocrystallisation; 3.3.4 Surface Morphology and Roughness; 3.4 Characterisation of Initial Stages of Electrodeposition Process