Course detail
Basic Electrochemistry
CEITEC VUT-DS218AAcad. year: 2020/2021
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Language of instruction
English
Mode of study
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Guarantor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Prerequisites
Students who choose this course don’t need to possess any knowledge of electrochemistry, but the knowledge of topics of physical chemistry, relevant to electrochemistry (such as ions in solutions, thermodynamics), is of advantage.
Co-requisites
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
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Course curriculum
Focus will be given on following electrochemical aspects and topics:
• Ionic conductors
• Electrode processes
• Electrode potentials
• Thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions
• Kinetics of electrochemical reactions
• Mass transfer via migration and diffusion
• Voltammetry and its applications
• Electrochemical impedance and its applications
• Photoelectrochemistry and its applications
• Industrial electrochemical processess (electrolysis, electrodeposition)
• Corrosion of metals
• Instruments in electrochemical laboratory
• Ionic conductors
• Electrode processes
• Electrode potentials
• Thermodynamics of electrochemical reactions
• Kinetics of electrochemical reactions
• Mass transfer via migration and diffusion
• Voltammetry and its applications
• Electrochemical impedance and its applications
• Photoelectrochemistry and its applications
• Industrial electrochemical processess (electrolysis, electrodeposition)
• Corrosion of metals
• Instruments in electrochemical laboratory
Work placements
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Aims
Students will foster in this course basic knowledge of electrochemistry and electrochemical processes that are operative in most important today´s electrochemical devices (batteries, solar cells, etc.). Knowledge of these processes is also important for own research and development of various materials, that are suitable for the use in these devices, and further also for the design of new concepts of these devices.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Recommended optional programme components
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Prerequisites and corequisites
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Basic literature
Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, A.J. Bard, L.R. Faulkner, 2nd edition, Wiley, 2000, ISBN: 978-0-471-04372-0 (EN)
Fundamentals of Electrochemistry, Vladimir S. Bagotsky, 2nd edition, Wiley, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-471-70058-6 (EN)
Fundamentals of Electrochemistry, Vladimir S. Bagotsky, 2nd edition, Wiley, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-471-70058-6 (EN)
Recommended reading
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