Thermodynamics of electrochemical interfaces
The electrochemical reactor

A good understanding of the fundamental laws of electrochemistry requires a detailed representation of the structure of the interfaces between an electronic conductor and an ionic conductor.

Thermodynamic analysis enables :

• specify the nature of the equilibria established at these interfaces, in the absence of an external generator;

• describe the dynamic phenomena that occur when the interface is put out of equilibrium by the action of an external generator.