DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
Systems Objectives:
The course embodies a combined approach of supramolecular chemistry with electrochemistry that has produced a wealth of interesting functions and devices and their practical applications in energy conversion technology, advanced materials and diagnostics. The objective of the course is to bring forth the current electrochemical research applied to multi-component chemical systems with a special attention to properties and functions. The course, structured for ~ 40 lectures during an even semester, will cater to Ph. D as well as M. Sc / M. Tech graduate students (in a limited sense to B. Techs) who wish to explore the frontiers of electrochemistry with materials and nanosciences.
The essential features of the syllabus are the following:
Detailed Syllabus:
Fundamental Concepts in Analytical Electrochemistry
Mass transport, Linear diffusion, Fick’s laws and diffusion coefficient, The charged interface, Potential step and potential sweep experiments, Reactions controlled by rate of electron transfer and activated complex theory
Electrode Types and Study of Electrode Reactions:
Carbon electrodes, Semiconductor film electrodes, Microelectrodes, Ultra-micro electrodes, Ion-selective electrodes, Porous electrodes and non uniform reaction rates, Hydrodynamic/Rotating disk electrodes, Semiconductor electrodes and electrical capacitance
Cyclic voltammetry in reversible, quasi-reversible and irreversible systems, Study of reaction mechanisms, Surface modification in charge transfer and interfacial activity Electron transfer in DNA and biosystems
Spectro-Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Techniques:
Impedance Spectroscopy, Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Electrochemical AFM and STM, , Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Electrochemical Materials and Sensors:
Electroactive Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, Biomolecules, Controlled Potential Techniques, Electrochemical synthesis of nanomaterials, nanowires and conducting polymers, Functional nanoparticles as catalysts and sensors, MOSFETS and ISFETS, Solid state molecular devices
Electrochemical Energy Systems:
Photo-electrochemistry, Monitoring photolytic intermediates, Electroluminescence and devices and sensors, Electro – chemiluminescence, Digital simulation of electrochemical problems, Sample BASIC programs
Fuel cells: Electrode materials, Diagnostic tools in fuel cell research, Determination of injection efficiency and electron diffusion length under steady state condition, Small-amplitude time-resolved methods, Organic solar cells
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