Spin-dependent electrochemistry: A novel paradigm

Here is reported a concise outline of a new paradigm we recently developed: spin-dependent electrochemistry (SDE). The main idea underlying the development of SDE relies on the implementation in an electrochemical system of the spin filtering effect of chiral systems (chiral induced spin selectivity, CISS effect). Results are illustrated in detail for two selected examples where spin polarized currents are observed and controlled in electrochemical-based experiments. All in all, the spin-dependent electrochemistry paradigm can be considered somehow equivalent to the spintronics concept, but transferred in the field of electrochemistry. Present perspectives and possible future developments relying on SDE potentiality are also addressed.