Electrochemistry in Industry

The Case Institute of Technology Centenial Celebration Case Laboratories for Electrochemical Studies.- Theme and Objectives of the Conference.- I. Overview of Electrochemical Industries; Catalysis in Electrochemistry.- The Outlook for the Electrochemical Industry.- Dimensionally Stable Anodes.- Oxygen Electrodes for Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Power Generation.- II. Electrochemical Engineering; Membranes; Electroorganic Synthesis.- Prospects and Problems in Electrochemical Engineering (Absract).- A Chemical Engineer's Perspective of Cell Design and Scale Up.- Nafion® Membrane and its Application.- Theoretical Model for the Structures of Ionomers: Application to Nafion® Materials.- Recent and Anticipated Development of Industrial Organic Electrochemical Synthesis.- III. Batteries and Fuel Cells.- Electrochemical Power Generation.- Batteries of the Future for Vehicle Applications.- High Energy Primary Batteries.- Battery Development in Europe.- IV. Solid Electrolytes; Electroplating; Photoelectrochemistry.- Solid Electrolytes.- Plating - New Prospects for an Old Art.- On the Production of Hydrogen as an Energy Medium.- Photoelectrochemical Cells.- Recent Progress in Photovoltaic/Electrochemical Energy System Application.- V. Corrosion; The Aluminum Industry; The Electronic Industry.- Corrosion - New Directions.- Passivity and Breakdown of Passivity.- New Directions in the Aluminum Industry.- The Role of Electrochemistry in the Electronic Industry (Abstract).- VI. Panel Presentation and Discussion: Future Trends in Major Electrochemical Industries.- Future Trends in the Chlor-alkali Industry.- The Aluminum Industry in the 1980's.- Secondary Batteries.- Future Trends in Advanced Batteries for Automobile Propulsion.- VII. Concluding Remarks on the Symposium.