Table of contents : FM......Page 2 Preface......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 11 II. ELECTRONIC ENERGY LEVELS OF SEMICONDOCTOR AND ELECTROLYTE......Page 12 III. POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION AT SEMICONDUCTOR / ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE......Page 23 IV. DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY STATES FOR IONS OF REDOX SYSTEM IN SOLUTION......Page 33 V. RATE EXPRESSIONS FOR ELECTRON TRANSFER AT ILLUMINATED INTERFACE......Page 47 VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 64 REFERENCES......Page 65 Ch 2. Photoelectrochemical Devices for Solar Energy Conversion......Page 71 I. SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODES......Page 72 II. MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION......Page 79 III. PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL DESIGN......Page 94 IV. CONCLUSIONS......Page 108 NOTATION......Page 109 REFERENCES......Page 111 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 123 II. MODELING NONENZYMATIC SYSTEMS OF ELECTRON TRANSFER......Page 125 III. POTENTIAL GENERATION ON BILAYER MEMBRANES CONTAINING CHLOROPHYLL......Page 147 IV. POSSIBLE MECHANISMS OF THE MOTION OF ELECTRONS AND PROTONS IN THE MEMBRANE......Page 154 V. CONCLUSIONS......Page 171 REFERENCES......Page 173 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 179 II. FORMATION OF HYDROUS OXIDES......Page 181 III. ACID-BASE PROPERTIES OF OXIDES......Page 183 IV. STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF HYDROUS OXIDES......Page 189 V. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN V. TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN......Page 192 VI. THEORETICAL MODELS OF THE VI. THEORETICAL MODELS OF THE......Page 198 VII. PLATINUM......Page 201 VIII. PALLADIUM......Page 215 IX. GOLD......Page 218 X. IRIDIUM......Page 223 XI. RHODIUM......Page 234 XII. RUTHENIUM......Page 237 XIII. SOME NONNOBLE METALS......Page 240 XIV. CONCLUSION......Page 249 ADDENDUM......Page 251 REFERENCES......Page 253 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 259 II. CHEMICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES......Page 260 III. MANUFACTURING PROCESSES......Page 263 IV. ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND IV. ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND......Page 273 V. ENGINEERING ASPECTS IN V. ENGINEERING ASPECTS IN......Page 280 VI. ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AND VI. ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AND......Page 297 NOTATION......Page 307 REFERENCES......Page 308 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 313 II. NUCLEATION, GROWTH, AND DETACHMENT OF BUBBLES......Page 314 III. ELECTRICAL EFFECTS OF GAS EVOLUTION......Page 328 IV. MASS TRANSFER AT GAS-EVOLVING ELECTRODES......Page 352 V. SUMMARY......Page 358 NOTATION......Page 359 REFERENCES......Page 362 Index......Page 365