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Historic publications in electrochemistry

Revision date: June 26, 2013.
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This compilation contains more than 100 links to historic publications in electrochemistry available on the Internet. Publications reporting the discovery of a new scientific phenomenon or a new technology. (Some of the available files are large and will load slowly. Also, there is a presently unexplained problem with some files on some browsers, giving a network error indication. If this happens, repeatedly click on �reload� and force the file to new pages, it will load eventually. Please let me know if you have serious problems.)

Additions and corrections are welcome, send them to: [email protected].

See also a listing of websites on the history of electrochemistry (http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/inet.htm#hist).

Many electrochemistry books published between the 1700's and 1950 (some more historical than others) are now also available on the Internet.
(http://electrochem.cwru.edu/estir/old-books.htm)

The first observation and measurements of the �electrolytic (ionic) conduction� of electricity by Cavendish

The discovery of �passivity� of iron by Keir

The discovery of �animal electricity� by Galvani

The first battery, the "Volta pile"

The first �electrolytic decomposition of water� (using the Volta pile) by Nicholson and Carlisle

The discovery of �electroplating� by Brugnatelli

The discovery and electrolytic preparation of �alkali metals� by Davy

The invention of �sacrificial cathodic corrosion protection� by Davy

The discovery of "Faraday's Laws of electrolysis" and evidence for the "chemical theory" of Volta's pile

The invention of �electroforming or electrotyping� by De la Rue and by Jacobi

The �Daniell cell,� the first practical and widely-used laboratory power source after the Volta pile

The discovery of �photoelectrochemical effect� by Becquerel

The first observation of �hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell� effect by Schoenbein and by Grove

The first electrolytic preparation of �magnesium� by Bunsen

The discovery and first measurements of �transference number� by Hittorf

The concept and model of the double layer on the interfaces of colloidal suspensions (subsequently extended to surfaces of metal electrodes, and it is known today as the "Helmholtz layer")

The first electrolytic preparation of �aluminum� by Bunsen and by Deville

The first electrolytic preparation of �fluorine� by Fr�my

The invention of �lead � lead oxide cell� by Plant�. This was the basis for the first commercial �lead-acid battery (secondary cell)�

The discovery of �conducting polymers� by Letheby

The invention of �capillary electrometer�, used extensively in double-layer research, by Lippmann

The invention of �Leclanch� cell�. This was the basis for the first commercial �dry-cell�

The discovery of �ionic dissociation� by Arrhenius, for which he was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize

The discovery of �liquid junction potential� by Nernst (1920 Nobel Prize Awardee)

The invention of �Hall-H�roult� process for the electrolytic production of aluminum

The first, resonably practical "hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell" by Mond and Langer

A very detailed �history of batteries� by Tommasi, covering the field from its earliest beginnings till almost the end of the 19th century

The "Nernst equation� of electrode potential (1920 Nobel Prize Awardee)

The �Weston standard cell�

Introduction of the concept of "fuel cells or cold combustion" by Ostwald (1909 Nobel Prize Awardee) to circumvent the thermodynamic limitation of heat engines by using a single-step conversion of the fuel's chemical energy into electrical energy

A very detailed �history of electrochemistry� by Ostwald (1909 Nobel Prize Awardee), covering the field from its earliest beginnings till almost the end of the 19th century

The first high precision �conductivity measurements� by Kohlrausch and by Washburn and Bell

The first use of the term �overpotential (�berspannung)� by Caspari

The �Tafel equation� of overpotential

The discovery of �glass electrode� for measurement of pH by Cremer and by Haber (1918 Nobel Prize Awardee) and Klemensiewicz

The discovery of (non-glass) �ion-selective electrodes� by Haber (1918 Nobel Prize Awardee)

The establishment of �pH scale as a measure of acidity� by S�rensen

The first extension of �Helmholtz model of double layer� to metallic electrodes, and the introduction of the concept of the �diffuse layer� by Gouy and Chapman. It was based on the same premises as the Debye-H�ckel theory, which it preceded by more than ten years

The discovery of �membrane equilibrium potential� by Donnan

The first observation and suggested explanation of the phenomenon of �under-potential deposition� by Hevesy, by Haissinsky, and by Rogers and coworkers

The definition of �ionic strength� by Lewis and Randall

The invention of �polarography� by Heyrovsk�, for which he was awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize

The invention of �electronic pH meter� by Goode and successful commercialization by Beckman

The "Debye-H�ckel" theory of electrolyte solutions

The �Stern modification� of Gouy-Chapman model of the double layer

The �Butler-Volmer equation� of electrode kinetics

The first �quantum mechanical� treatment of electrode reactions by Gurney

The discovery of �influence of the electrical double layer� on the kinetics of electrode reactions by Frumkin

The first explanation of the meaning of the �charge transfer coefficient� by Horiuti and Pol�nyi

The first experimental demonstration of the (non-glass) �ion-selective electrode� by Kolthoff and Sanders

The introduction of �E � pH diagrams� by Pourbaix

The derivation of �mixed-potential theory� for corroding metals by Wagner and Traud

The derivation of hydrodynamics of the �rotating disk electrode� by Levich

The invention of �potentiostat� by Hickling

The first use of �impedance spectroscopy� for the study of kinetics of electrode reactions by Randles

The first rigorous measurements of �double-layer capacity� and quantitative proof of the double-layer theory by Grahame

The �Marcus theory� of electron transfer reactions, for which he was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize

The derivation of �electrochemical equation of corrosion� based on the mixed potential theory and the use of the linear polarization resistance by Stern and Geary

The discovery and first applications of practical �ion-selective membrane electrodes� by Pungor and coworkers

The early beginnings of modern �surface electrochemistry� by using single-crystal electrodes, ultra-high-vacuum experimental techniques, and flame annealing by Gerischer, by Budewski, by Will, by Hubbard, and by Clavilier

The derivation of the theory of �cyclic voltammetry� by Nicholson and Shain

The modern rediscovery and first practical applications of �conducting polymers� by Heeger, MacDiarmid, and Shirakawa, for which they were awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize

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