This series covers recent advances in electrocatalysis and electrochemistry and
depicts prospects for their contribution into the present and future of the industrial
world. It aims to illustrate the transition of electrochemical sciences from its begin￾nings as a solid chapter of physical chemistry (covering mainly electron transfer
reactions, concepts of electrode potentials, and structure of electrical double layer)
to the fi eld in which electrochemical reactivity is shown as a unique chapter of
heterogeneous catalysis, is supported by high-level theory, connects to other areas
of science, and includes focus on electrode surface structure, reaction environment,
and interfacial spectroscopy.