| Preface | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| List of Contributors, MAE 42 | 16 |
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| Some Recent Studies in Ruthenium Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis | 18 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 18 |
| II. PREPARATION OF WELL-ORDERED Ru SINGLE-CRYSTAL SURFACES | 20 |
| III. ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL Ru SURFACES | 20 |
| IV. ELECTROCATALYSIS ON Ru SINGLE-CRYSTALS AND NANOPARTICLE SURFACES | 37 |
| V. Pt-Ru FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYSTS | 49 |
| VI. CONCLUSIONS | 64 |
| REFERENCES | 65 |
| High-Performance Electrodes for Medium-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells | 70 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 70 |
| II. ACTIVATION OF MIXED-CONDUCTING CERIA-BASED ANODE | 75 |
| III. ACTIVATION OF MIXED-CONDUCTING PEROVSKITE-TYPE OXIDE CATHODES | 84 |
| IV. EFFECTS OF IONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF ZIRCONIA ELECTROLYTES ON THE POLARIZATION PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS ELECTRODES IN SOFCS | 94 |
| V. CONCLUSION | 101 |
| REFERENCES | 102 |
| Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Metal Electrodes | 105 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 105 |
| II. FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS | 106 |
| III. OVERVIEWS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 AT METAL ELECTRODES | 117 |
| IV. ELECTROACTIVE SPECIES IN THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 | 133 |
| V. DEACTIVATION OF ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF METAL ELECTRODES | 137 |
| VI. CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRODE METALS AND REACTION SCHEME | 143 |
| VII. ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 TO CO AT SELECTED METAL AND NONMETAL ELECTRODES | 157 |
| VIII. MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 AT Cu ELECTRODE | 169 |
| IX. ATTEMPTS TO ENHANCE THE TRANSPORT PROCESS IN CO2 REDUCTION | 191 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT | 197 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 197 |
| REFERENCES | 198 |
| Induced Codeposition of Alloys of Tungsten, Molybdenum and Rhenium with Transition Metals | 206 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 206 |
| II. CASE STUDIES | 244 |
| III. CONCLUDING REMARKS | 297 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 302 |
| APPENDICES | 305 |
| 25 Years of the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy | 317 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 317 |
| II. STM LANDMARKS | 320 |
| III. SUMMARY | 371 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 374 |
| REFERENCES | 374 |
| Modern Applications of Electrochemical Technology | 383 |
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| I. INTRODUCTION | 383 |
| II. LIGA, AN IMPORTANT PROCESS IN MICRO-SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY | 384 |
| III. APPLICATIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY | 392 |
| IV. INFORMATION STORAGE: APPLICATIONS IN THE FIELDS OF MAGNETISM AND MICROELECTRONIC | 406 |
| V. APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE AND MEDICAL DEVICES | 415 |
| VI. CONCLUSION | 426 |
| REFERENCES | 427 |
| Index | 431 |