Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Modern techniques and concepts in electrochemistry. Topics include equilibrium and dynamic electrochemistry, ion transport and voltammetry. Electrochemical systems of increasing importance including chemically modified electrodes, fuel cells and solar energy conversion applications will also be discussed. Equivalent Courses: CHEM863 CHEM869

COURSE DETAILS:

3 lecture hours/week; 1 tutorial hour/week

TOPICS

1. EQUILIBRIUM ELECTROCHEMISTRY

     (i)      "Electrochemical Cells and Electrochemical Potentials"
     (ii)      "The Nernst Equation"
     (iii)    "Energy Levels of Ions in Solution"

2. IONS IN SOLUTION

     (i)      "The Nature of the Electrode/Solution Interface"
     (ii)     “Non-Faradaic and Faradaic Processes” 
     (iii)    “The Electrical Double Layer; Charging Currents”
     (ii)      "Ion transport"

3. DYNAMIC ELECTROCHEMISTRY

     (i)      "Faradaic Processes": Chemical Reversibility; Electrode Kinetics
     (ii)      "Mass Transfer Controlled Reactions": Migration and Diffusion

4. VOLTAMMETRY

     (i)      "Instrumentation and Electrochemical Cells"
     (ii)     "Potential step methods": Chronoamperometry and Chronocoulometry
     (iii)    "Potential sweep methods": Linear sweep voltammetry; Cyclic Voltammetry;
     (iv)    "Diagnostic electrochemistry": Chemical Reactions Coupled with Electrochemical                                Reactions

5. SMALL AMPLITUDE TECHNIQUES

     (i)      “Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”
     (ii)     "Pulse Voltammetry“

6. VOLTAMMETRY UNDER FORCED CONVECTION

     (i)      “Rotating Disk and Rotating Ring-Disk Voltammetry
     (ii)      "Ultra-microelectrodes"

7. ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS OF INCREASING IMPORTANCE

     (i)      "Chemically Modified Electrodes”
     (ii)     "Energy Conversion Devices"

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