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14MZH7 - Kinetics of electrochemical reactions

Course specification
Course titleKinetics of electrochemical reactions
Acronym14MZH7
Study programmeChemical engineering
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      ESPB4.0Status
      ConditionОблик условљености
      The goal• Understanding of electrochemical reaction as a complex heterogeneous chemical reaction and enabling to analyze the factors influencing the reaction rate by applying principles of formal chemical kinetics and mass transfer to the kinetics of electrochemical reactions ; • Acquiring theoretical background of the main experimental methods in electrochemical kinetics and ability to perform electrochemical experiments using conventional electrochemical instrumentation ; • Application of the theoretical and experimental skills to the electrochemical systems of a practical importance
      The outcome• Student learnt basic principles and formal mathematic treatment of the electrochemical reactions kinetics and the experimental methods ; • Student is able to perform electrochemical experiments and to use electrochemical instrumentation ; • Student acquired necessary background for further study of various fields of electrochemistry (electrochemical deposition of metals, electrochemical power sources, corrosion, electrocatalysis, electroanalytical chemistry etc.)
      Contents
      Contents of lectures• Electrochemical double layer – description of the metal/solution interface, electrode potential, models of the double layer structure ; • Electrochemical reaction kinetics - steps of the electrochemical reaction, activation controlled electrochemical reaction, activation-diffusion controlled electrochemical reaction, rate of the multistep reaction, rate of electrochemical reaction with the adsorbed intermediates ; • Experimental methods in electrochemical kinetics – steady-state measurements and transient methods (chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, cyclic voltammetry) ; • Important electrochemical reactions – hydrogen evolution and oxidation, oxygen reduction and evolution, oxidation of small organic molecules, deposition and dissolution of metals)
      Contents of exercises• Analysis of the electrocapillary curves ; • Determination of the polarization curves for an electrochemical reaction under activation-diffusion control by using rotating disk electrode ; • Chronoamperometry and cyclic voltammetry of a simple redox reaction with soluble reactants and products ; • Study of hydrogen evolution reaction on platinum, gold and glassy carbon electrodes
      Literature
      1. S. Gojković, Electrochemical Kinetics, Lecture Notes, Belgrade, 2010. (in Serbian)
      2. J.O'M. Bockris, A.K.N. Reddy, and M. Gamboa-Aldeco, Modern electrochemistry 2A: fundamentals of electrodics (2nd Ed.), Kluwer/Plenum, NY, 2000.
      3. C.H. Hamann, A. Hamnett, and W. Vielstich, Electrochemistry, J.Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 1998.
      4. P.A. Christensen and A. Hamnett, Techniques and mechanisms in electrochemistry, Blackie Academic and Professional, New York, 1994.
      5. A. Despić, Electrochemical techniques and technologies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, 2005. (in Serbian)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      LecturesExercisesOTCStudy and ResearchOther classes
      31
      Methods of teachingLectures, laboratory classes, computational analysis of experimental data
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligationsPointsFinal examPoints
      Activites during lecturesTest paper
      Practical lessons50Oral examination50
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