SUBJECT

Title

Electrochemistry

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Chemistry MSc

Credits

Recommended in

Semester 2

Typically offered in

Spring semester

Course description

The development and importance of electrochemical concepts, investigation methods and technologies. Thermodynamical description of homogeneous and heterogeneous electrochemical systems. The structure of the electrochemical double layer. Kinetics of electrochemical processes. Electrochemical methods. Spectroelectrochemistry. Techniques for the investigation of surfaces. Electrosorption. Electrocatalysis. Organic electrochemistry. Photoelectrochemistry. Electrochemical technologies. Environmental electrochemistry. Electrochemical sensors.

Readings

Compulsory:

Electroanalytical Methods (ed. F. Scholz), Springer, 2002
A.J. Bard, L.R. Faulkner: Electrochemical Methods, Wiley, 2000
Selected papers and reviews

Suggested:

C.M.A. Brett, A.M.Oliveira-Brett: Electrochemistry, Principles, Methods and Applications, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1993;
E.Gileadi: Electrode Kinetics, VCH, 1993