A Readers' Guide to 'Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology'<br> <br>A Basic Introduction to Microbial Electrochemical Technologies<br>- Microbial energy conversion and microbial electrochemical technologies<br>- Electroactive microorganisms and mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer<br>- Energetics: the redox tower and a water analogy<br>- Wastewater characteristics<br>- Microbial electrochemical technologies: systems & design<br>- Short alert on terminology<br> <br>Electrochemical Potential, Electrode Potential, and the Need for Reference Electrodes<br>- Introduction to electrochemical potentials<br>- Electrodes and electrode reactions<br>- The relative electrode potential and the need of reference electrodes<br> <br>Reaction Equations and Thermodynamics of Electrochemical <br>Reactions<br>- Introduction to oxidation and reduction reactions and thermodynamic limits<br>- How to write and balance reaction equations of (bio)electrochemical reactions<br>- Thermodynamics of electrochemical conversions <br> <br>Static Electrochemical Methods<br>- Introduction to static electrochemical methods<br>- What are a three-electrode arrangement, a potentiostat or power supply, and for what are they needed? <br>- The electrochemical double layer and capacitive current<br>- Potentiometry, amperometry, coulometry and constant current measurements<br>- Chronoamperometry<br> <br>Electrochemical Kinetics<br>- Introduction to electrochemical kinetics<br>- Basics of electrochemical kinetics <br>- Electrochemical reversibility<br>- Overpotential<br>- The overpotential due to mass transfer<br>- Potential-current plots and electrode kinetics<br>- The Butler-Volmer equation <br>- Tafel equation and Tafel plots<br>- Electrocatalysis<br> <br>Dynamic Electrochemical Methods<br>- Introduction to electrochemical methods with changing electrode potential<br>- Voltammetry<br>- Cyclic voltammetry<br>- Redox-active components in microorganisms<br>- Acquisition of polarization and power curves using stepwise chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry<br>- Acquisition of polarization curves using external resistance <br>- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy<br> <br>Electrochemical Analysis of Reactors<br>- Introduction to characterization of microbial electrochemical cells <br>- Mass and electron balances and efficiency of conversions<br>- Polarization and power curves: analysis of measured data<br>- Internal resistance and potential losses <br>- Energy efficiency and voltage efficiency<br>- Ionic current and transport numbers <br> <br>The Beauty and Complexity of Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology<br> <br>Appendix<br>- Abbreviations<br>- Symbols<br>- Solutions to exercises