Experimenters
Scientific pioneers of electrolysis include:
- Antoine Lavoisier
- Robert Bunsen
- Humphry Davy
- Michael Faraday
- Paul Héroult
- Svante Arrhenius
- Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
- William Nicholson
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
Pioneers of batteries:
- Alessandro Volta
- Gaston Planté
More recently, electrolysis of heavy water was performed by Fleischmann and Pons in their famous experiment, resulting in anomalous heat generation and the discredited claim of cold fusion.
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