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Manganese electrochemistry—a pillar of development of electrochemistry in Georgia

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The paper tells the short story of development of electrochemistry in Georgia. It demonstrates the flow of events bringing the electrochemistry of the country to the current status. The beginning of this journey starts in the first half of the last century when young, talented, and very enthusiastic scientist Rafiel Agladze developed original method of production of pure electrolytic manganese and set up the production line in Zestafoni Ferroalloy Plant. Since then, thanks to tremendous efforts of researchers of two generations, uninterrupted process of growth and diversification of electrochemistry in Georgia happens. Nowadays, apart from research in the field of electrosynthesis of various manganese products such as electrolytic manganese metal (EMM) and electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD), Georgian scientists study electrochemical systems such as electrochemical sources of energy, photosensitive electrochemical processes, electrochemistry of melts, and theoretical aspects of various electrochemical reactions in several different institutions of the country including the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Georgian Technical University.

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The author expresses gratitude to researchers, especially Dr. Tinatin Lezhava and Dr. Gigla Tsurtsumia from the TSU, R. Agladze Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Electrochemistry, for supplying materials. Valuable suggestions from Dr. Dimitri E. Khoshtariya during the preparation of the paper are sincerely acknowledged.

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Nioradze, N. Manganese electrochemistry—a pillar of development of electrochemistry in Georgia. J Solid State Electrochem 27, 1627–1639 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05505-x

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