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Master SERP+ Programme - cohort 2020-2025
Electrochemical Technology (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
All courses during this semester
- Transferable skills: Polish course, Summer School in Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
- The molecules of life: from structure to chemical function (3 ECTS)
- Selected in silico and in vitro methods in thermodynamics and soft matter (6 ECTS)
- Organic chemistry (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to solid state (6 ECTS)
- Dynamics of photochemical reactions in chemistry, biology and medicine (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Portuguese course, Summer School in Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
- Solid State Physics (6 ECTS)
- Molecular Energetics (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis (6 ECTS)
- Interfacial Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Summer School in Entrepreneurship (3 ECTS)
- Organic Photochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to Solid State (6 ECTS)
- Inorganic Functional Materials (3 ECTS)
- Electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage (6 ECTS)
- Chemistry and Technology of Catalysis and Laboratory (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Nanosciences (6 ECTS)
- Nanoparticles and Advanced radiation therapies (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals in data science and machine learning (3 ECTS)
- Femtochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Chemistry for renewable energy: from advanced research to industrial applications (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Scientific writing, Polish courses (6 ECTS)
- Lanthanide luminescence: Application in chemistry and biology (6 ECTS)
- Introduction to Data Sciences (3 ECTS)
- Environmental photochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Computational and quantum photochemistry (6 ECTS)
- Applied photochemistry and luminescence spectroscopy (6 ECTS)
- Scientific Writing and Career Objectives (3 ECTS)
- Portuguese course (3 ECTS)
- Nanotechnologies, Micro and Nano-fabrication (6 ECTS)
- Materials Properties and Applications (6 ECTS)
- Electrochemical Technology (6 ECTS)
- Data Science Basics (3 ECTS)
- Bionanotechnology (3 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Scientific Writing Industrial Seminars (3 ECTS)
- Surface Science and Nanostructuring at Surfaces (6 ECTS)
- Polymers for electronics and energy harvesting (6 ECTS)
- Laboratory on device building (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Data Science and Applications to Chemistry (3 ECTS)
- Composite materials for biomedical applications (6 ECTS)
Content
- Economic importance of electrochemical industry
- Corrosion prevention and control
- The chlor-alkali industry
- Aluminium extraction
- Electrodeposition
- Selective membranes
- Electrochemical purification of water
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Batteries and fuel cells
Aims
Detailed analysis of several industrial electrochemical processes, relating the technology with the fundamental principles. Discussion of the role of electrochemical technology in industry, emphasizing that the applications, though diverse, all are based on the same principles of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering.
Recommended Books
- Scott, K. (2017). Sustainable and Green Electrochemical Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119972440.
- Alan C. West, A. C., (2012), Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering: An Introduction, Createspace. ISBN: 978-1470076047.
- Oldham, K. B.; Bond, A. M.; Myland, J. C. (2011). Electrochemical science and technology: fundamentals and applications, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-1-119-96599-2.
- McCafferty, E. (2010), Introduction to corrosion science, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4419-0454-6.
- Gamburg, Y. D. (2011). Theory and practice of metal electrodeposition, Springer. ISBN: 978-1-4419-9668-8.
- Schlesinger, M.; Paunovic, M.; Eds. (2010). Modern Eletroplating, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-16778-6.
- MacFarlane, D.; Endres, F.; Abbott, A. (2008). Electrodeposition from ionic liquids, Wiley-VCH. ISBN: 978-3-527-31565-9.
- Pletcher, D., Walsh, F. C. (1993), Industrial Electrochemistry, 2nd Ed., Springer. ISBN 978-0-7514-0148-6.
Teaching Staff
Maria João Sottomayor (responsible)
Carlos Pereira
Hours
42 h (14h lectures + 14 Problem-solving + 14h Practicals)
Grading System
The teaching of this course takes place through lectures, theoretical-practical classes and laboratory sessions. The lectures are detailed exposition of the content of the program, illustrated by study cases. Some topics will be discussed in the form of seminars prepared by the students. The practical classes are dedicated to the resolution of exercises and apply the concepts covered on lectures. In the laboratory sessions, the students carry out experimental work illustrative of the themes developed in the lectures, whose results and main conclusions are presented in written reports.
The final grade (FG) is calculated according to:
FG = 0.50 x NT + 0.25 x NTP + 0.25 x NP
where
NT = average of the marks obtained on the tests
NTP = average of the marks obtained on written assignments and oral presentations
NP = average of the marks on the laboratory experiments (practical performance + reports)
The tests can be replaced by a final exam.
