Electrocatalysis & Electrosynthesis (Chemical Sciences)

Electrochemical kinetics
a) The inherent kinetics of electron transfer at electrodes, Butler-Volmer equation; limiting cases of low and high overpotentials. b) Effects of mass‐transfer; Fick’s laws of diffusion and their applications in electrochemistry; diffusion overpotential. 

Electrochemical techniques
Electrochemical methods in three- and four-electrode cell configurations; cyclic voltammetry: reversible, quasi-reversible and irreversible systems; effect of chemical reactions coupled with electron transfer(s); rotating disk and ring disk electrode; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; electrochemical probe microscopy. 

Homogeneous electrocatalysis
a) Homogeneous electrocatalysis by metal complexes b) Homogeneous electrocatalysis by organic mediators c) Some homogeneous electrocatalytic reactions of relevance: electrochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization; reductive cleavage of organic halides, etc. 
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis

a) Microscopical view of an electrocatalytic surface b) A quantitative descriptor for catalysis: the Volcano plot. c) Examples of important electrocatalytic processes: hydrogen evolution reaction; water splitting; O2 reduction reaction, CO2 reduction, activation of carbon-halogen bonds, etc.

Teachers: ISSE Abdirisak, DURANTE Cristian

Curriculum: Chemical Sciences

Duration: 24 hours