Solid State Electrochemistry

Vladislav Kharton is a principal investigator at the Department of Ceramics and Glass Engineering, University of Aveiro (Portugal). Having received his doctoral degree in physical chemistry from the Belarus State University in 1993, he has published over 260 scientifi c papers in international SCI journals, including 10 reviews, and coauthored over 40 papers in other refereed journals and volumes, 2 books and 2 patents. He is a topical editor of the Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, and member of the editorial boards of Materials Letters, The Open Electrochemistry Journal, The Open Condensed Matter Physics Journal, and Processing and Application of Ceramics. In 2004, he received the Portuguese Science Foundation prize for Scientific Excellence.

The only comprehensive handbook on this important and rapidly developing topic combines fundamental information with a brief overview of recent advances in solid state electrochemistry, primarily targeting specialists working in this scientific field.Particular attention is focused on the most important developments performed during the last decade, methodological and theoretical aspects of solid state electrochemistry, as well as practical applications. The highly experienced editor has included chapters with critical reviews of theoretical approaches, experimental methods and modeling techniques, providing definitions and explaining relevant terminology as necessary. Several other chapters cover all the key groups of the ion-conducting solids important for practice, namely cationic, protonic, oxygen-anionic and mixed conductors, but also conducting polymer and hybrid materials. Finally, the whole is rounded off by brief surveys of advances in the fields of fuel cells, solid-state batteries, electrochemical sensors, and other applications of ion-conducting solids.Due to the very interdisciplinary nature of this topic, this is of great interest to material scientists, polymer chemists, physicists, and industrial scientists, too.

In this first comprehensive handbook on this important and rapidly developing topic, the highly experienced editor combines fundamental information with a brief overview of recent advances, primarily targeting specialists working in this interdisciplinary field.

PrefaceFUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY - A SYNOPSISSolid vs. Liquid StateThermodynamics and Kinetics of Charge CarriersUsefulness of Electrochemical CellsMaterials Research Strategies: Bulk Defect ChemistryMaterials Research Strategy: Boundary Defect ChemistryNanoionicsSUPERIONIC MATERIALS: STRUCTURAL ASPECTSTechniquesFamilies of Superionic ConductorsCurrent Status and Future ProspectsDEFECT EQUILIBRIA IN SOLIDS AND RELATED PROPERTIES: AN INTRODUCTIONDefect Structure of Solids: Thermodynamic ApproachBasic Relationships between the Defect Equilibria and Charge Tranfer in SolidsExamples of Functional Materials with Different Defect StructuresION-CONDUCTING NANOCRYSTALS: THEORY, METHODS AND APPLICATIONSTheoretical AspectsApplications and PerspectivesExperimental MethodsReview of the Current Experimental Data and their Agreement with TheoryOverview and Areas for Future DevelopmentTHE FUNDAMENTALS AND ADVANCES OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY: INTERCALATION (INSERTION) AND DEINTERCALATAION (EXTRACTION) IN SOLID STATE ELECTRODESThermodynamics of Intercalation and DeintercalationKinetics of Intercalation and DeintercalationMethodological OverviewSOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ELECTROACTIVE MICRO- AND NANOPARTICLES IN A LIQUID ELECTROLYTE ENVIRONMENTMethodological AspectsTheoryExamples and ApplicationsALKALI METAL CATION AND PROTON CONDUCTORS: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPOSITION, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIESPrinciples of Classification and General CommentsCrystal-Chemistry Factors Affecting Cationic ConductivityCrystal Structural Screening and Studies of the Conduction PathsConductors with Large Alkaline IonsLithium Ion ConductorsProton ConductorsCONDUCTING SOLIDS: IN THE SEARCH FOR MULTIVALENT CATION TRANSPORTAnalysis of Trivalent Cation TransportSearch for Tetravalent Cation ConductorsOXYGEN ION-CONDUCTING MATERIALSOxygen Ionic Transport in Acceptor-Doped Oxide Phases: Relevant TrendsStabilized Zirconia ElectrolytesDoped CeriaAnion Conductors Based on Bi2O3Transport Properties of Other Fluorite-Related Phases: Selected ExamplesPerovskite-Type LnBO3 (B=Ga,, Al, In, Sc, Y) and their DerivativesPerovskite-Related Mixed Conductors: A Short OverviewLa2Mo2O9-Based ElectrolytesSolid Electrolytes with Apatite StructurePOLYMER AND HYBRID MATERIALS, THEIR ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONSIntroductionFundamentalsFluorinated Ionomer MembranesNon-Fluorinated Ionomer MembranesHigh Temperature PEMsConclusionELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERSSolid Organic and Inorganic Electrochemically Active Materials for Galvanic Cells Operating at Moderate TemperaturesGeneral Features of Doping-Induced Changes in Pi-Conjugated PolymersHIGH-TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS OF SOLID ELECTROLYTES: GAS ANALYSIS, PUMPING AND CONVERSIONCharacteristics of a Current-Carrying Electrode on an Oxide ElectrolyteOperating ModesCell MaterialsCell DesignsExamples of ApplicationsELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS: FUNDAMENTALS, KEY MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONSOperation PrinciplesMaterials ChallengesApplications