D191 - Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods

Course specification
Course title		Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods
Acronym		D191
Study programme
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: ; • Read scientific literature independently and critically ; • Examine electrochemical reactions in the fields of electrocatalysis, corrosion, electrodeposition of metals, electrochemical synthesis etc. ; • Present the experimental results clearly ; • Study various fields of electrochemical engineering and technologies using knowledge and skills acquired during this course
Contents
Contents of lectures		1. Phenomenological approach to the kinetics of electrochemical reactions (reaction under activation and activation-diffusion control, reaction with preceding homogeneous chemical reaction, reaction with adsorbed intermediates) ; 2. Theoretical consideration of electron transfer on the metal/solution and semiconductor/solution interface ; 3. Electrochemical methods of measurements (electrochemical instrumentation, organizing electrochemical experiments, steady-state measurements, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, cyclic voltammetry and spectroscopy of electrochemical impedance) ; 4. Non-electrochemical methods in study of the electrochemical reactions and characterization of electrode materials (electrochemical quartz nanobalance, electrochemical scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, differential mass spectroscopy etc).
Contents of exercises		Training for use of computerized potentiostat and application of one of the electrochemical methods of measurement in study of selected electrochemical reaction
Literature
S. Gojković, Electrochemical kinetics and experimental methods, Lecture notes, 2004. (in Serbian) J.O'M. Bockris, A.K.N. Reddy, M. Gamboa-Aldeco, Modern electrochemistry 2A: fundamentals of electrodics (2nd Ed.), Kluwer/Plenum, NY, 2000. E. Gileadi, Electrode kinetics for chemists, chemical engineers, and materials scientists, VCH, New York, 1993. A.J Bard and L.R. Faulkner, Electrochemical methods: fundamentals and applications (2nd Ed.), J. Wiley, New York, 2001. 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
2.5	0.5
Methods of teaching		Lectures, laboratory classes, seminar
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper
Practical lessons		20	Oral examination	50
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30