ELECTROCHEMISTRY CHAPTER OVERVIEW Electrochemistry Electrochemistry is the study of electricity and how it relates to chemical reactions. In electrochemistry, electricity can be generated by movements of electrons from one element to another in a reaction known as redox or oxidation-reduction reaction. Electrochemistry Basics Electrochemistry Cell EMF Electrochemistry Review Electrolysis Galvanic Cells Half-Cell Reaction Nernst Equation Connection between Cell Potential, ∆G, and K Electrodes Standard Electrodes Electrolytic Cells Electrolysis Electrolysis I Electroplating Exemplars Batteries: Electricity though chemical reactions Case Study: Battery Types Case Study: Fuel Cells Case Study: Industrial Electrolysis Commercial Galvanic Cells Corrosion Corrosion Basics Galvanization Sacrificial Anode Membrane Potentials Rechargeable Batteries Faraday's Law Nernst Equation Nonstandard Conditions: The Nernst Equation Redox Chemistry Balancing Redox Reactions Balancing Redox Reactions - Examples Comparing Strengths of Oxidants and Reductants Definitions of Oxidation and Reduction Half-Reactions Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Oxidation State Oxidation States II 1 Oxidation States (Oxidation Numbers) Oxidizing and Reducing Agents Standard Reduction Potential The Fall of the Electron Writing Equations for Redox Reactions Redox Potentials Factors that Influence Reduction Potential Reduction Potential Intuition Standard Potentials Using Redox Potentials to Predict the Feasibility of Reactions Electricity and the Waterfall Analogy Voltaic Cells Cell Diagrams Discharging Batteries Electrochemical Cells under Nonstandard Conditions Concentration Cell Electrochemical Cell Conventions The Cell Potential 2 CHAPTER OVERVIEW Electrochemistry Cell EMF Electrochemistry Review Electrolysis Galvanic Cells Half-Cell Reaction Nernst Equation Contributors and Attributions Chung (Peter) Chieh (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry @ University of Waterloo) Electrochemistry is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by LibreTexts. 1
