22DEKMM2 - Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods

Course specification
Course title		Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods
Acronym		22DEKMM2
Study programme		Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology,Chemical Engineering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Snežana Gojković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		prof. dr Snežana Gojković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition			Облик условљености
The goal		• Comprehend the electrochemical reactions as complex heterogeneous processes • Learn to analyze the factors that affect the reaction rate • Master electrochemical methods and familiarize with some of the non-electrochemical methods used for characterization of electrochemical processes (to understand their capabilities and limitations, select appropriate method and to analyze the results)
The outcome		Student is capable to: • Examine electrochemical reactions in the fields of electrocatalysis, corrosion, electrodeposition of metals, electrochemical synthesis etc. • Present the experimental results clearly • Read scientific literature independently and critically • Study various fields of electrochemical engineering and technologies using knowledge and skills acquired during this course
Contents
Contents of lectures		• Phenomenological approach to the kinetics of electrochemical reactions (single-step reaction under activation and activation-diffusion control, multi-step reactions, electrochemical reaction with preceding homogeneous chemical reaction, electrochemical reaction with adsorbed intermediates) • The Marcus theory of charge transfer • Electrochemical methods of measurements (electrochemical instrumentation, types of the electodes - rotating disk- and ring-disk electrode, microelectrode, organizing electrochemical experiments, steady-state measurements, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, cyclic voltammetry and spectroscopy of electrochemical impedance) • Non-electrochemical in-situ methods in study of the electrochemical reactions (electrochemical quartz nanobalance, electrochemical scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, differential mass spectroscopy etc).
Contents of exercises		Study research work about a choosen non-electrochemical method for investigation of the electrochemical reactions with the examples of the application of the method from the latest scientific literature; presentation of this study
Literature
E. Gileadi, Physical Electrochemistry,Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2011. S. Gojković, Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods, Lecture notes, 2015 (in Serbian) A.J. Bard and L.R. Faulkner, Electrochemical methods: fundamentals and applications (2nd Ed.), J. Wiley, New York, 2001. P.A. Christensen and A. Hamnett, Techniques and mechanisms in electrochemistry, Blackie Academic and Professional, New York, 1994. W. Schmickler, Interfacial Electrochemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford, N.Y., 1996.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures, solution of numerical problems, seminar
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper	70
Practical lessons			Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30