Electrochemistry of Nanomaterials

Engineering of nanophase materials and devices is of vital interest in electronics, semiconductors and optics, catalysis, ceramics and magnetism. Research associated with nanoparticles has widely spread and diffused into every field of scientific research, forming a trend of nanocrystal engineered materials.
Electrochemical methods are widely used for the preparation of nanoparticles and the electrochemical properties of such nanomaterials are most relevant for their applications.
This comprehensive reference work will appeal to advanced graduate students and researchers in the field specialized in electrochemistry, materials physics and materials science.

Table of Contents

Hybrid Electrochemical/Chemical Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanocrystals on Graphie (R. Penner).

Electrodeposition of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Films (G. Hodes & I. Rubinstein).

Electrodeposition of Superlattices and Multilayers (J. Switzer).

Porous-etched Semiconductors: Formation and Characterization (J. Kelly & D. Vanmaekelbergh).

Electrochemical Formation and Modification of Nanocrystalline Porous Silicon (W. Green, et al.).

Charge Transport in Nanostructured Thin-film Electrodes (S. Lindquist, et al.).

Dye-sensitized Solar Cells: Principles of Operation (D. Cahen, et al.).

Electrochromic and Photoelectrochromic Aspects of Semiconductor Nanostructure-Molecular Assembly (P. Kamat).

Electron Transfer and Charge Storage in Ultrathin Films Layer-by-layer Self-assembled from Polyelectrolytes, Nanoparticles, and Nanoplatelets (T. Cassagneau & J. Fendler).

Index.

List of Symbols.

List of Abreviations.