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Today, the international electrochemistry community is well structured, with
regular conferences and a large volume of significant publications in electrochemical journals (Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal of Power
Sources, Solid State Ionics, Ionics) and in solid-state chemistry journals (Journal
of Materials Science, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of the
American Ceramic Society, …). Teaching texts in this field, however, are few
and take the form of courses, of chapters written by specialists, or of proceedings
of conferences dealing with the solid-state electrochemistry.
The origin of this collection of exercises is the desire to provide a work tool in
the form of exercises to satisfy the need expressed by doctoral students in our
laboratory and by participants in the continuing-education courses on solid-state
electrochemistry organized by our group at the Laboratoire d’Électrochimie
et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces of Grenoble (LEPMI). To
the best of our knowledge, no such work exists to this day. Our goal is thus to
fill a void by allowing readers to familiarize themselves, by solving problems,
with the notions presented in Solid-State Electrochemistry. These problems
cover essentially
2 the notation of defects in ionic crystalline solids with the focus on the notion of effective charge,
2 the evolution of the stoichiometry as a function of temperature, of the doping level, and of the chemical potential of the basic constituents of the
materials under study, in particular by using Brouwer diagrams,
2 methods to measure electrochemical quantities (conductivity, transport
number, electrode polarization) such as impedance measurements, dilatocoulometry, and drawing current-voltage curves,
2 the study of several applications involving solid electrolytes, such as fuel
cells, batteries, and sensors.
The essential skills required to solve these exercises are presented in the form
of course notes. These are given at the outset of each chapter. To delve deeper
into a question, one should consult the specialized books and articles in the
(non-exhaustive) bibliography that appears at the end of this book. The publications from which some of the exercises in this book were constructed also
appear in the bibliography.
We hope that our contribution will illuminate with a less arduous light this field
towards which we hope to attract a larger public.
Solid-State Electrochemistry
Today, the international electrochemistry community is well structured, with
regular conferences and a large volume of significant publications in electrochemical journals (Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal of Power
Sources, Solid State Ionics, Ionics) and in solid-state chemistry journals (Journal
of Materials Science, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of the
American Ceramic Society, …). Teaching texts in this field, however, are few
and take the form of courses, of chapters written by specialists, or of proceedings
of conferences dealing with the solid-state electrochemistry.
The origin of this collection of exercises is the desire to provide a work tool in
the form of exercises to satisfy the need expressed by doctoral students in our
laboratory and by participants in the continuing-education courses on solid-state
electrochemistry organized by our group at the Laboratoire d’Électrochimie
et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces of Grenoble (LEPMI). To
the best of our knowledge, no such work exists to this day. Our goal is thus to
fill a void by allowing readers to familiarize themselves, by solving problems,
with the notions presented in Solid-State Electrochemistry. These problems
cover essentially
2 the notation of defects in ionic crystalline solids with the focus on the notion of effective charge,
2 the evolution of the stoichiometry as a function of temperature, of the doping level, and of the chemical potential of the basic constituents of the
materials under study, in particular by using Brouwer diagrams,
2 methods to measure electrochemical quantities (conductivity, transport
number, electrode polarization) such as impedance measurements, dilatocoulometry, and drawing current-voltage curves,
2 the study of several applications involving solid electrolytes, such as fuel
cells, batteries, and sensors.
The essential skills required to solve these exercises are presented in the form
of course notes. These are given at the outset of each chapter. To delve deeper
into a question, one should consult the specialized books and articles in the
(non-exhaustive) bibliography that appears at the end of this book. The publications from which some of the exercises in this book were constructed also
appear in the bibliography.
We hope that our contribution will illuminate with a less arduous light this field
towards which we hope to attract a larger public.
Solid-State Electrochemistry