The authors have analyzed the content of about a dozen physical chemistry textbooks regarded as among the most commonly used by undergraduate educators in the U.S. to identify the extent and quality of the material therein covered in the specific area of physical electrochemistry. It is recommended that the textbook writers should take advantage of material treated in its most fundamental forms, and find means to extend it to modern technological applications. Examples would include extensions of the Debye Hückel theory of electrolytes to interfacial charging of ideal polarizable electrodes, a concept that relates directly to the operation of electrochemical double layer capacitors as energy storage devices found in container port cranes around the globe. Also long overdue is the use of lithium ion batteries as examples that should replace the Weston or Daniell's voltaic piles, as well as the broad introduction of proton exchange membrane electrolyte based fuel cells instead of their historical liquid based predecessors. The copious resources of material available on the Web should be also used.
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