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I would like to do some research on electrochemistry, seeing as I'm doing a project on PEM Fuel Cells, but where should I start? Do you know any good books? Websites? Contacts?
Thanks, Pierre.
Thanks, Pierre.
This is true of almost any reaction, not just electrochemical reactions.P-man said:Thanks a lot for the great sites. From what I can gather now, an electrochemical reaction is a chemical reaction that takes place when one of the reactants is forced to abandon one or more electrons in the reaction.
No, not at all.In a fuel cell, the hydrogen reacts with the catalyst (platinum, or nickel if the hydrogen is pure (from electrolysis)) and the hydrogen is forced to abandon its electrons in order to get to the oxygen on the other side of the membrane. Does there always have to be a catalyst in an electrochemical reaction?
Either that, or it must be caused by an applied electric potential. The first is a galvanic reaction, the second is an electrolytic reaction.For it to be an electrochemical reaction, the reaction must produce electricity, in one way or another, if I am not mistaken?
As Gokul pointed out, this is a special type of electrochemical reaction. There are others.In a fuel cell, the hydrogen reacts with the catalyst (platinum, or nickel if the hydrogen is pure (from electrolysis)) and the hydrogen is forced to abandon its electrons in order to get to the oxygen on the other side of the membrane.
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